16 Christopher Street
West Village | built 1910
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1828
Mason Elias J. Kent builds a Federal brick house at 16 Christopher Street in 1828
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission's 1969 district report dates this brick house to 1828 and says it was evidently built by Elias J. Kent, a mason who lived on Stanton Street. The first two floors are laid in Flemish bond, while a third story was added later in running bond and topped with a paneled cornice in the Neo-Grec style of the 1870s. The windows still hold their original muntined sash.
“The house was evidently built by Elias J. Kent, a mason of Stanton Street.”
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 16 Christopher StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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