174 West Houston Street

also 255 Avenue of the Americas | West Village | built 1898

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

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1898
Leon Laurowitz and Morris Fine build a six-story tenement for 22 families and two stores at Sixth Avenue
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Developers Leon Laurowitz and Morris Fine hired the architect George F. Pelham in 1898 to design three matching Renaissance Revival tenements on West Houston Street. This one, at the Sixth Avenue corner, was planned for 22 families and two ground-floor stores. Such buildings were replacing older Village houses to shelter the neighborhood's growing working-class and immigrant population.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1959
The ground-floor stores are replaced with apartments and the entrance probably moves to the rear
In 1959 the corner tenement's first story was reconfigured, with apartments taking the place of the two stores that were part of the building from the start. The Landmarks Commission believes the entrance was probably moved to the back of the building at that time. The conveyance records show a company called 174 West Houston as the owner in 1960.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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