James Scott Aspinwall House

299 East 10th Street | East Village | built 1846

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

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1846
Joseph Trench completes a Greek Revival house facing Tompkins Square
Around 1846 architect and builder Joseph Trench completed a Greek Revival house at 299 East 10th Street, faced in brick, trimmed in brownstone and originally three and a half stories tall. By 1847 it was home to James Scott Aspinwall, born in New York City in 1807, a partner in the drug firm Rushton & Aspinwall on William Street. A book published in 1855 estimated his fortune at $100,000.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1873
James Wissing runs the house as a boarding house
By 1873 James Wissing was operating 299 East 10th Street as a boarding house. Earlier occupants included Judah Abrahams, a dry-goods merchant who rented rooms there by 1862, and banker Louis J. Offenbach, who bought the house in 1868.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1893
Louis F. Heinecke raises the roof and adds a fourth floor
In 1893 architect Louis F. Heinecke renovated the Greek Revival house, removing its roof and raising the top story to a full fourth floor. He added a Queen Anne style cornice, which was more typical of a commercial building, and cast-iron lintels with ears above the windows. The house continued as a boarding house.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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