230 West 10th Street

West Village | built 1905

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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.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1834

    John Kohler buys the lot at 124 Amos Street, now 230 West 10th Street, beside Blauvelt's house

    In 1834 John C. Blauvelt sold his new house at 126 Amos Street, with the empty lot beside it at number 124, to John Kohler. Daytonian in Manhattan says Kohler then put up a similar brick-faced house on that lot, sharing a rear-yard stable with Blauvelt's, reached by a narrow horse walk. The Landmarks Preservation Commission describes the present No. 230 as a rebuilt stable instead. Amos Street became West 10th Street in 1857, and the lot's number became 230.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1855

    February 4

    A burglar with a copied key is caught in builder Abraham Demarest's hallway at 124 Amos Street

    By 1852 builder Abraham Demarest, a partner in the firm Onderdonk & Demarest, lived in a house on this lot, then 124 Amos Street. On February 4, 1855, Henry Burns let himself in with a copy of the front-door key and grabbed Demarest's overcoat from the hall tree. A servant, Isaac Parmalee, overpowered him and dragged him to a policeman. Burns tossed the key away on the way to the station, but the officer found it and it fit the lock perfectly.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1855

    September 10

    Ninth Ward Republicans meet in Abraham Demarest's parlor

    Abraham Demarest was active in ward politics. In October 1853 the Reform Party of the Ninth Ward had nominated him for Assessor, and within two years he had moved to the Republicans. On Monday evening, September 10, 1855, a large meeting of Ninth Ward Republicans took place at his house on this lot, then 124 Amos Street. The New York Times reported great enthusiasm and complete harmony.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1987

    October 1

    A machine shop becomes Bob Self's folk-art and home-decor store

    A machine works occupied the ground floor by 1922, and in 1932 mechanics were still at work here. By 1987 the shop had become a home-decor store run by Bob Self, a television-commercial producer who also made folk art. The New York Times columnist Elaine Louie quoted him on October 1, 1987, hoping his carved tramp art would be valued as folk art a century on.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1996

    Music producer Jean Ligel converts the old building at 230 West 10th into a house and private gallery

    In 1996 Jean Ligel, a French-born music producer, newspaper publisher and art collector, bought the building for $950,000. Architect Jeffrey Flanigan converted it to a single-family home and private gallery, covering the front with a composition material that imitates brick. The ground floor became a garage and the rear stable was joined to the house.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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