226 East 6th Street

East Village | built 1890

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

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1890
Architect Jobst Hoffmann builds a matching Romanesque Revival pair at 226 and 228 East 6th Street
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In 1890 Jobst Hoffmann designed twin tenements at 226 and 228 East 6th Street. The landmarks commission points to the pair as an especially clear example of the Romanesque Revival in the district, a style that was much less common for tenements than Queen Anne or Renaissance Revival. Both fronts are orange brick, covered in matching carved terra-cotta ornament.
“The pair at 226 and 228 East 6th Street (1890, Jobst Hoffmann) is particularly illustrative with their orange brick facades and matching, encrusted terra-cotta ornament.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1940
Metropolitan Savings Bank rebuilds the basement and ground-floor front of 226 East 6th Street
In 1940 the building at 226 East 6th Street belonged to the Metropolitan Savings Bank, which filed alteration plans to rebuild the facades of the basement and first story. The architect was Richard B. Thomas. The upper stories kept their Romanesque Revival terra-cotta ornament, including a plaque shared with its twin at 228.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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