134 West 4th Street

Greenwich Village | built 1839

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1919

    Raymond Hood raises the front wall of 134 West 4th Street to add four casement windows

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    In 1919 the architect Raymond M. Hood altered this 1839 row house by raising its front wall to the height of the peaked roof, which created a new fourth floor lit by a bank of four casement windows. In 1937 the stoop was removed and the entrance moved down to the basement.

    “…the front wall had previously been raised to meet the height of the peaked roof (ALT 97-1919, Raymond M. Hood, architect) creating the bank of four casement windows.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1920

    Illustrator Katharine Sturges Dodge lives at 134 West 4th Street, and Margaret Wilson follows

    In 1920 the house was home to Katharine Sturges Dodge, an illustrator also known as Katherine Sturges Knight. By 1924 Margaret Wilson, the eldest daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, was in residence there.

    “In 1920, 134 West 4th Street was the home of Katherine Sturges Dodge (aka Katherine Sturges Knight), an illustrator. Four years later Margaret Wilson…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1928

    Caricaturist and drama critic Hans Stengel dies by suicide at his home at 134 West 4th Street

    The caricaturist Hans Stengel, who was also the drama critic of the New York Evening Journal, lived at 134 West 4th Street. He took his own life there in 1928. The New York Times reported on January 30, 1928, that it was the fourth suicide in his family.

    “No. 134 was also the home of Hans Stengel, an artist known for his caricatures and drama critic of the New York Evening Journal. Stengel committed suicide there in 1928.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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