Florence Crittenton Mission

21 Bleecker Street | NoHo | built 1830

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

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1887
Charles Crittenton joins 21 and 23 Bleecker Street into his Florence Crittenton mission
Charles N. Crittenton, a wealthy drug-supply manufacturer, bought the neighboring houses at 21 and 23 Bleecker Street in 1887-88 and linked them inside for his rescue home and night mission, named for his late daughter Florence. The mission drew notice for its midnight gospel readings. The 1900 census counted 34 people there, including 27 female inmates aged 17 to 56. The home moved to West 27th Street in 1913.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
Max Teitelbaum turns the mission house at 21-23 Bleecker Street into stores and offices
After the Crittenton home left for West 27th Street in 1913, the building was sold to Max Teitelbaum, who hired architect Jacob Fisher to convert it to stores and offices and add a rear addition. Fur firms soon filled it, and light manufacturers, textile firms and garment makers joined them after World War II. It became cooperative apartments in 1993.
“No. 21-23 Bleecker Street was then sold to Max Teitelbaum.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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