Alma Mathews House

273 West 11th Street | also 275 West 11th Street | West Village | built 1846

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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. 1846

    Nos. 273 and 275 West 11th Street go up as an identical late Greek Revival pair

    The two houses were built in 1846 as identical siblings, and 273 keeps more of its original look. It retains its attic windows, French windows at the parlor level, an eared doorway frame and the original cornice. No. 275 later gained a fourth story and a Neo-Grec cornice. Both were originally three stories high with an attic over a basement.

    “Built in 1846, this pair of houses, originally identical, still retains much of its late Greek Revival appearance.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1865

    March 25

    A boarder reports $500 in bonds and $100 stolen from her trunk, and the thief is never found

    In 1865 the house was a boarding house run by the Jelliffe family. Constance B. Tallon, an unmarried and well-off young woman, kept $12,000 in United States bonds in her trunk. On the morning of March 25 she found it unlocked, with $500 in bonds and $100 in cash missing; the thief was never identified, though the investigation went on for a long time.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1920

    The Methodist women's mission society buys the house as the Immigrant Girls' Home

    In 1920 the Methodist Episcopal Church's Women's Home Mission Society bought the house to serve as the Immigrant Girls' Home, a service that began in 1885 to shelter single women arriving by ship. It was dedicated in February 1921, and missionary Alma Mathews, who worked at Ellis Island, remained active. Later renamed the Alma Mathews House, it housed 22 residents in 1953 and was a hotel for visiting clergy by 1993.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 2013

    A broker announces that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick bought 273 and 275 for $35 million

    In 2013 real estate broker Dolly Lenz said the actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick had bought the two joined houses for $35 million. The announcement suggested a renovation into a single residence 50 feet wide with 13,900 square feet. Daytonian in Manhattan notes that this does not appear to have happened.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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