145 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
Gerard Rutgers has a brick dwelling built at 145 Grand Street as part of a row
Gerard Rutgers was the original owner of 145 Grand Street, built around 1821-22 as one of several similar Federal-era houses on the block between 133 and 151 Grand. It shares the row's Flemish-bond brickwork at its second and third stories. The Fourteenth Ward, where it stood, was then adding homes fast enough to become the city's most populous ward by 1825.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1866
A fourth story and storefront go up at 145 Grand Street, and a pawn shop occupies it
By 1866 the former house at 145 Grand Street had a fourth floor and a wood cornice, and it was probably given a storefront at the same time. A pawn shop occupied the building then. In 1887 it housed the pharmacists Boericke & Tafel, and in 1923 the Safes & Cabinets Co. Today it has a shop below and loft space above.
“…fourth story had been added by 1866 ... the building was occupied by a pawn shop. Other businesses ... Boericke & Tafel, pharmacists (1887)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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