291 East 4th Street
East Village | built 1900
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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.
- 1895
William Prager builds a tenement for twenty families
In 1895 real estate owner William Prager hired architect Max Muller to design a five-story Old Law tenement at 291 East 4th Street. The brick building has stone and terra cotta ornament, a four-bay width, and arched window details, and it was built to house twenty families. An arched window at the center of the facade marks the original entrance, which was reached by a cement stoop. A new cornice has since replaced one that had gone missing.
Further reading
- 291 East 4th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 293-297 East 4th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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