26 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.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1852
The shoemakers who built the houses at Nos. 24-28 sell the row for $6,000
Asher Martin and John Bennet built Nos. 24 through 28 Commerce Street in 1821, three houses each just 16 feet wide. Neither man seems to have lived in them, and they leased the houses for more than 30 years. On January 15, 1852 they sold all three together as a package for $6,000. By 1835 Martin was working for the city as an assessor, and Bennet had turned carpenter.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 26 Commerce StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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