19 Downing Street

West Village | built 1877

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

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1877
A Jersey City firm designs 19 Downing Street as one of two identical tenements
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In 1877 G. W. La Baw & Son of Jersey City designed 19 Downing Street, together with its twin at number 21, for John P. Elmendorf and Albert H. Scofield. Each building was planned with three apartments and a store. In 1939 the two buildings gained a shared fire escape, and in 1958-59 the lower floors were converted into a doctor's office and a duplex apartment.
“…one of two adjacent, identical buildings designed by the firm of G. W. La Baw & Son of Jersey City in 1877…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2000
An application is filed to convert 19 Downing Street into a single-family house
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In 2000 the city received an application for construction work at 19 Downing Street, later amended so that the building would become a single-family residence. It had been a tenement with a store, then a mix of doctor's office and apartments. Records show alterations running from 2000 to 2004.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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