27 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
Charles Hadden raises No. 27 to four floors as a four-family tenement
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No. 27 was built around 1828 as one of John McDermott's three Federal houses. By 1880 it was already shared: census takers found two families and a single woman living there. In 1888 builder Charles E. Hadden raised it to four full stories for occupancy as a four-family tenement.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1941
A new brick front gives 27 Bedford its Moderne look
In 1941 the building got a new brick front with decorative brickwork, and its rear was extended on every floor. The work also changed its use: a store and apartment on the ground floor, two apartments per upper floor, plus a new boiler and chimney. In 1922 the owner, Caudit Traders, which also owned No. 25, had the interiors of both buildings altered to one apartment per floor.
“In 1941, the building's front facade was replaced with a new brick wall with decorative treatment and the rear of the building was extended on all floors.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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