21 Greenwich Avenue

also 128 West 10th Street | West Village | built 1910

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

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1841
Charles R. Christopher has a Greek Revival corner house built at 21 Greenwich Avenue
In 1841 a three-story brick house in a simple Greek Revival style was built on this corner lot for Charles R. Christopher, with its side on West Tenth Street. Its stepped parapet on the Tenth Street side follows the low pitch of the roof. By 1851 a grocer occupied No. 21, and a store still sits on the Greenwich Avenue end, below the original muntined upper windows.
“It was built for Charles R. Christopher on this corner lot. The stepped parapet, on the Tenth Street side, reflects the low angled pitch of the roof.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1969
The rear of the lot at 128 West Tenth Street holds an animal clinic faced in blue mosaic tile
By the time of the 1969 historic district report, the small structure at the back of the 21 Greenwich Avenue lot, numbered 128 West Tenth Street, was an animal clinic. Its front was stuccoed and trimmed with blue mosaic tile. The commission's report noted that the little building still did useful work in the Village.
“This small structure occupies the rear of the lot of No. 21 Greenwich Avenue. It is an animal clinic, and is stuccoed with blue mosaic tile…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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