13 Christopher Street

West Village | built 1920

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1827
Textile-card maker Samuel Whittemore builds a row of ten houses, including 13 Christopher Street
In 1827 Samuel Whittemore built a row of ten wood-frame, brick-fronted houses on the north side of Christopher Street as a real estate investment. He was senior partner in S. Whittemore & Company, makers of textile cards, and still lived on lower Broadway at the time. He later built a mansion at 45 Grove Street. Five of the row's houses survive, among them No. 13.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1870
A third story is added to 13 Christopher Street, which began as a two-story house
No. 13 Christopher Street began in 1827 as a two-story house, but a third story topped with a bracketed, paneled roof cornice was added in the 1860s or 1870s. Federal brickwork remains visible on the front, and an arched Italianate railing frames the areaway. Its windows were later changed to casements.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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