15 Minetta Street

also 107 MacDougal Street | Greenwich Village | built 1900

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1851

   October

   Nicholas Walsh buys the lot from Robert Benson's heirs and 15 Minetta Street goes up by 1852

   Nicholas Walsh bought the lot in October 1851 from the heirs of Robert Benson, and the building was up by 1852. Tax assessors called it a house, though early insurance maps show a brick or stone store. In 1923 Ferdinand Savignano altered it, adding a new section of front wall and a one-story extension, together with the neighboring building at 107 MacDougal Street.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1948

   The Raven Poetry Society makes its headquarters at 15 Minetta Street

   A January 1948 item in the newspaper PM places the headquarters of the Raven Poetry Society at 15 Minetta Street, a three-story brick building then nearly a century old. The house had been built in 1851-52, had turned into a tenement by 1914, and was altered in 1923. The Landmarks Preservation Commission cites the item in its South Village report.

   “Notable History and Residents: In 1948, the Raven Poetry Society had its headquarters in the building.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1965

   The Rienzi Cafe, at 107 MacDougal Street beside 15 Minetta, is there until 1965

   The building at 107 MacDougal Street, which shares a lot with 15 Minetta Street, was put up in 1858 and held a restaurant by 1914. A 1918 description lists a cafe and dance hall in its basement and first story with dwellings above. It was home to the Rienzi Cafe until 1965 and later to the Speakeasy, a folk-music club active in the 1980s.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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