219 East 5th Street

East Village | built 1900

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1862

    Robert Drysdale puts up 219 East 5th Street as half of a pair with Silas Sutton

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    Robert Drysdale built the tenement at 219 East 5th Street in 1862-63, in step with Silas Sutton, who built the matching house at 217. They went up before the 1879 Tenement House Act, so they count among the East Village's pre-law tenements.

    “Silas Sutton and Robert Drysdale erected a pair at 217 and 219 East 5th Street in 1862-63…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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