19 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1878

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1878
John W. Miller develops a five-story neo-Grec tenement at 19 East 7th Street
Tax records place construction of the building in 1877 to 1878, when it was owned by John W. Miller (later spelled Muller). Miller was also the developer of the adjoining tenements at 21 and 23 East 7th Street. The altered neo-Grec building has a bracketed cornice and incised masonry panels beneath its windows.
“…the present building was constructed in between 1877 and 1878, owned by John W. Miller (later noted as Muller) and valued between $14,000…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1908
A 1908 alteration gives 19 East 7th Street a storefront in place of its cellar and front wall
A building permit of 1908 (ALT 813-1908) had the front wall and cellar taken out and a storefront apparently built in their place at the base of the tenement. The ground floor still has a bracketed, molded entablature with garland details above the shop windows. By the 1940s the brick facade had been stuccoed and scored to imitate masonry.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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