241 Waverly Place

West Village | built 1877

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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. 1877

    Thomas H. McAvoy designs an old-fashioned Italianate house for W. A. Ballentine

    Built in 1877 for W. A. Ballentine, this narrow three-story brick town house was designed by the architect Thomas H. McAvoy. The Landmarks Preservation Commission called it very out of date for its year, noting a few Italianate touches in the roof cornice, windows and areaway railings. The first floor was altered in 1939, but the upper stories keep their original look.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1886

    Louisa Kick runs 241 Waverly Place as a boarding house

    By 1886 the house was a boarding house run by Louisa Kick, while owner William A. Ballantine, who had built it as an investment, lived at 47 Barrow Street. One of her boarders that year was the attorney Theodore Schafer. Around 1900 residents advertised for work in the papers, among them a young cashier and a married couple seeking a butler and maid position.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1921

    September

    The Ballantine family sells 241 Waverly Place after 45 years of ownership

    William A. Ballantine had the house built in the 1870s while living at 47 Barrow Street. In January 1915 Evelina Ballantine transferred the title to her daughter Evelyn. Evelyn sold it in September 1921, ending 45 years in the family.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1939

    The house is converted into two duplex apartments

    A renovation finished in 1939 divided the house into two duplex apartments. The first-floor windows were replaced by a group of three openings under one lintel, and molded caps were added to the upper lintels to match the one over the entrance. The attorney Clark Cummings, a member of the law firm Kelley, Drye by 1988, lived in one of the apartments in the 1980s.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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