21 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1867

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.

1867
John W. Miller builds a five-story Italianate tenement at 21 East 7th Street, twinned with no. 23
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Tax records show the building was constructed in 1867 for John W. Miller and with a value of $12,000 to $13,000, standing on land Samuel R. Betts had owned earlier. Miller also developed the identical tenement at 23 East 7th Street next door, and the two share one tax lot. Segmental-arched lintels and a modillioned cornice with leafy brackets mark the upper floors.
“…the present building was constructed in 1867, owned by John W. Miller and valued between $12,000 and $13,000 (on a lot previously owned by Samuel R. Betts)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1955
A restaurant is built on the ground floor of 21 East 7th Street and a second-floor apartment becomes a dentist's office
Village Preservation's East Village Building Blocks record lists a ground-floor store at 21 East 7th Street as early as 1903. In 1955 the first floor gains a restaurant and a bathroom, and the apartment above it on the second floor is turned into a dentist's office.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

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