234 East 5th Street

East Village | built 1831

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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. 1928

    Charles Straub gives the 1830s row house at 234 East 5th Street a Neo-Colonial front for Fannie Lorde

    This row house was built around 1830-31 for Anson Phelps. In 1928 owner Fannie Lorde commissioned architect Charles M. Straub to redesign it in the Neo-Colonial style. The new front has a projecting basement entry with Tuscan columns, window grilles and a stepped, paneled roof parapet with a curved gable in the center.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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