133 West 3rd Street

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

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1842
A lumber merchant owns the new Greek Revival house at 133 West 3rd Street
The builder Moody Cummings bought the lot in 1836, but tax records show no house standing until 1842, three years after the property had passed to Stephen Porter, a lumber merchant. Valentine Sillcocks bought it in 1847 and probably added two semi-detached houses behind the front building before 1851. In that year the tenants included Philologus Holley, a realtor, and Mary Stovell, a dressmaker.
“…tax assessments do not record the existence of a building until 1842, three years after the property was sold to Stephen Porter, a lumber merchant.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1895
A male brothel called the Golden Rule Pleasure Club operates in the rear house at 133 West 3rd Street
In the 1890s the semi-detached house behind 133 West 3rd Street operated as a male brothel under the name Golden Rule Pleasure Club. The crusading minister Charles Parkhurst investigated the place. The district report mentions it among the notable history of the lot.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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