Jekyll and Hyde Club

16 Barrow Street | also 89 7th Avenue South | West Village | built 1897

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

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

1897
George F. Pelham designs a five-story apartment house at 16 Barrow Street for Lowenfeld and Prager
Pincus Lowenfeld and William Prager had architect George F. Pelham build this five-story brick apartment house in 1897. The first floor is rusticated stone with a central door framed by pilasters, and above it Roman brick is trimmed with terra cotta carrying Greek fret and wave patterns. Decorated terra-cotta panels with escutcheons sit between the third- and fourth-floor windows.
“It was built in 1897 for Pincus Lowenfeld and William Prager by George F. Pelham, architect.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1921
The new Seventh Avenue South cuts a slice off the rear of 16 Barrow Street, and a store is added
When Seventh Avenue South was pushed through the Village, it took a slice off the back of this apartment house. In 1921 the owners altered the building and added a store at street level, at the avenue end where the building has the address 89 Seventh Avenue South. The residents still entered from Barrow Street, while the shop faced the new avenue.
“It was altered in 1921, after the extension of Seventh Avenue South cut a slice off of its rear, at which time the store was added at street level.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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