239 Bleecker Street
West Village | built 1828
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1828
Elizabeth McCarter builds a two-story brick house on Bleecker Street that is mixed-use by the 1850s
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Elizabeth McCarter, who held the lot by 1827, had a two-story Federal brick house with a raised basement and peaked roof built here around 1828. Like many buildings on the block, it was in mixed use by the 1850s. The conveyance records show Deborah Field taking over in 1841 and Ferdinand C. Weyrich in 1867.
“…built c. 1828 as a two-story brick house with raised basement and peak roof for Elizabeth McCarter ... converted to mixed used by the 1850s…”
- 1872
Owner Ferdinand C. Weyrich has the house raised to four stories
Weyrich lived in the building and in 1872 had it enlarged from its original two stories to four. James Hume, listed as both architect and carpenter, did the work, according to the alteration filing. The Weyrich family kept the property until 1916, when it passed to Bartholomew Sbarboro.
“In 1872 the building was raised to four stories for resident owner Ferdinand C. Weyrich by James Hume, who is listed as architect and carpenter…”
- 1916
Michael Bernstein adds rear extensions to give three families kitchens and bathrooms above the shop
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A 1916 alteration by architect Michael Bernstein enlarged the stores in the cellar and first floor with rear extensions. It also gave the second through fourth floors kitchens and bathrooms, where three families lived at the time. The brick parapet and fire escape date from the same job, and the property changed hands to Bartholomew Sbarboro that year.
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