Mills House No. 1 annex
183 Thompson Street | Greenwich Village | built 1908
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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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- 1907
Darius Ogden Mills adds a second annex to his Mills House at 183 Thompson Street
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After Mills House No. 1 at 156 Bleecker Street proved a modest success, the banker-philanthropist Darius Ogden Mills commissioned an annex at 183 Sullivan Street within a year of its opening. A decade later, in 1907, he added a second annex here on Thompson Street. The three buildings together stand as an example of Reform Era housing meant to improve the living conditions of the working class.
“A second annex was added a decade later at 183 Thompson Street (1907, J. M. Robinson). Together the three buildings comprise an important example of Reform Era housing…”
- 1907
Mills's own mechanical engineer, J. M. Robinson, designs the Thompson Street annex
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The architect of 183 Thompson Street was John M. Robinson, born around 1849, a mechanical engineer who worked for D. O. Mills for many years. The Landmarks Preservation Commission lists him as architect of several Mills projects. This annex is the only building he designed in the South Village Historic District.
“John M. Robinson, a mechanical engineer by profession, worked for many years for D. O. Mills, and is listed as architect for several of Mills' projects.”
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