198 Avenue of the Americas

SoHo | built 1832

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

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1832
Builder Richard Wight puts up a brick row house at 198 Avenue of the Americas and sells it to Mordecai Palache
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Richard Wight, a carpenter and builder, constructed three row houses on this block in the early 1830s, and 198 is one of the two that survive. The house went up in 1831-1832 and was sold to Mordecai Palache. It was built of brick in Flemish bond, probably with two stories over a basement and a peaked roof, and was raised to three stories at a later date.
“…constructed by the carpenter and builder Richard Wight. This house was built in 1831-1832 and sold to Mordecai Palache.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1925
The 198 Avenue of the Americas row house loses its stoop and gains an Art Deco doorway, probably in 1925-1932
Probably sometime between 1925 and 1932, the front of this old row house was remodeled. The stoop was taken off, the main entrance moved down to the basement level, and an Art Deco surround added to the door. The first-story window openings were also resized and the windows replaced. A cornice with block modillions and Neo-Grec metal sills and lintels, apparently added in the 19th century, remain.
“…include the removal of the stoop, the relocation of the primary entrance to the basement level, the addition of an Art Deco entrance surround…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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