16 Gay Street
West Village | built 1828
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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.
- 1828
Francis Barretto, a Park Theatre regular, has 16 Gay Street built
In 1828 the merchant Francis Barretto of Washington Street had this house built. The report counts him among the notables who were regulars at the Park Theatre. It went up as a two-and-a-half-story Federal house with a brick front, and an upper story was added later.
“The house was erected for Francis Barretto, a Washington Street merchant, who was one of the notables who frequented the Park Theatre.”
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