24 Commerce Street
West Village | built 1821
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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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- 1821
Two shoemakers build three small frame houses at Nos. 24-28 Commerce Street
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Asher Martin and John Bennet, shoemakers who kept a shop on Greenwich Street, put up three late Federal houses in 1821 at Nos. 24-28 Commerce Street. They are modest frame buildings of two and a half stories, with a brick facade laid in Flemish bond and pedimented dormers. A simple wood cornice and a later iron balcony tie the three together at roof level.
“These three late Federal town houses of 1821 were built for Asher Martin and John Bennet, shoemakers, who had a shop on Greenwich Street.”
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 24 Commerce StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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