25 Bedford Street

West Village | built 1828

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1888
A builder raises No. 25 to four stories and gives it a wagon-house ground floor
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No. 25 began around 1828 as one of John McDermott's three Federal houses. In 1888 builder David Wilkie raised it to four stories for owner John Lotz, and turned the ground floor into a wagon house or stable. Four years later that floor became two apartments, and by 1914 nine families lived here when William Lustgarten hired an architect to convert the ground floor to a store.
“…altered by builder David Wilkie for owner John Lotz. At this time, the building was raised to four full stories and the first story altered into a wagon house or stable…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1965
The ground floor goes residential as two duplex apartments are made
In 1965 the first story of 25 Bedford was converted to residential use. The first and second floors and a rear extension, possibly from the 19th century, were made into two duplex apartments. The stepped parapet and metal bracing on the upper facade likely date from that work, and the ground-floor facade of the front duplex was redesigned again around 1999.
“In 1965 the first story was converted to residential use when the first and second stories of the building and the rear extension…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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