180 Prince Street

SoHo | built 1874

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

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1872
August H. Blankenstein, architect of 180 Prince, begins designing for New York's German clientele
Blankenstein, born in Germany, came to the United States in 1860 and practiced in New York between 1872 and 1899. He designed tenements, flats and factories for a mostly German clientele, as well as an addition to the Centre Market Armory and a Catholic orphan school on 90th Street. The Landmarks Preservation Commission credits him with two tenements in the Sullivan-Thompson district, 180 Prince Street among them.
“…designed tenements, flats, and factory buildings for a mostly German clientele…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1874
Charles Koch builds a six-story Italianate tenement at 180 Prince Street
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Charles Koch had August H. Blankenstein design this tenement in 1874. It has metal segmental-arch lintels, a galvanized-iron cornice and a ground-floor storefront with an off-center door to the apartments above. In 1905 an alteration added water closets, which show on the facade as small central windows that were later bricked in. The Landmarks Preservation Commission calls the building remarkably intact.
“…built in 1874 for Charles Koch, by August H. Blankenstein…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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