141 Sullivan Street

SoHo | built 1875

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

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1875
William Zschwetzke builds 141 Sullivan Street as one of three five-story tenements with stores
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In 1875 William Zschwetzke, who was both owner and builder, put up 141 Sullivan Street, a five-story red brick tenement with a store, together with its neighbors at 143 and 145. The report classes the row as pre-law tenements in the Neo-Grec style, with metal sills and lintels bearing incised floral details. The ground floors were later converted to residential use, after about 1940.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1892
A smallpox outbreak in the Italian district is traced to 141 Sullivan Street
An 1892 report on smallpox in New York City focused on 141, 143 and 145 Sullivan Street and their tenants. The first known case was Frank Poppa, an Italian bootblack who lived at number 141. The building was fumigated and disinfected, yet the disease went on spreading through the neighborhood, then called the Italian district.
“…the first patient known to have been infected with smallpox was Frank Poppa, an Italian bootblack and a resident of 141 Sullivan Street…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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