Florence Crittenton Mission

23 Bleecker Street | also 21 Bleecker Street | NoHo | built 1830

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1830
Thomas Bennett builds a Federal row house at 23 Bleecker Street, later raised to three stories
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Around 1830 Thomas Bennett built the house at 23 Bleecker Street as one of two neighboring Federal row houses; James Copeland built the other at No. 21. The Bennetts lived in theirs only through 1832 but kept ownership until 1888. Both houses were enlarged to three full stories during the 1860s and received Italianate decoration.
“…constructed c.1830 as two Federal-style row houses by their respective owners James Copeland (No. 21) and Thomas Bennett (No. 23)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1966
Artists' lofts replace factory space at 21-23 Bleecker Street in 1966
A 1966 alteration, with Diran Karibian as owner, converted the former factory building, once the Crittenton mission house, into artists' lofts. The change fit a pattern across the district, where the decline of manufacturing left empty floors that loft dwellers began to occupy. The building later became a cooperative, in 1993.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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