3 East 9th Street
Greenwich Village | built 1841
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1841
Dry-goods partner Robert McCurdy has 3 East 9th Street built as an investment
Robert H. McCurdy, senior partner in a dry-goods firm, had the house built in 1840-41 as an investment; his own home stood on Fifth Avenue near Tenth Street. The 1969 landmarks report calls it outstanding for keeping all of its original Greek Revival ironwork at the stoop and areaway, with low fluted Doric pedestals at the foot of the handrails. Its rusticated brownstone basement also survives almost unaltered.
“No. 3 was built in 1840-41 as an investment for Robert H. Mccurdy, senior partner of a dry goods firm, whose home was on Fifth Avenue…”
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 3 East 9th StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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