143 Grand Street

SoHo | built 1822

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

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1822
Augustus Lawrence has a brick dwelling built at 143 Grand Street as part of a row
Augustus Lawrence was the first owner of 143 Grand Street, put up around 1821-22 as part of a row of Federal-style houses at 133 to 151 Grand. Its Flemish-bond brick survives at the second and third stories. The commissioners who later landmarked the block note that four of the row's houses have since been torn down and replaced.
“…built c.1821-22 for Augustus Lawrence ... part of a row of several similar dwellings at 133 to 151 Grand Street…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1876
Owner Henry O. Gratacap adds a floor and bracketed cornice to a house already used as a factory
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In 1876 owner Henry O. Gratacap raised 143 Grand Street by a fourth story and gave it a bracketed Italianate cornice, probably with a new storefront too. By then the former house was already occupied by a factory, a sign of how commercial the neighborhood had become.
“…fourth story and bracketed cornice were added in 1876 by owner Henry O. Gratacap ... the building was already occupied by a factory…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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