17 Christopher Street
West Village | built 1827
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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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- 1827
No. 17 is one of Samuel Whittemore's 1827 frame houses with a brick front
Number 17 belongs to a row built in 1827 for Samuel Whittemore, with a wood frame behind a brick face. It began as a two-story house; a third story and a bracketed, paneled roof cornice were added in the 1860s or 1870s. The district report says the early character is best kept at No. 17 among Nos. 13-17, with muntined windows on every floor and a rope molding around the doorway typical of the 1850s.
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 17 Christopher StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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