William F. Pinchbeck House

305 East 10th Street | East Village | built 1845

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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.

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  1. 1845

    William F. Pinchbeck builds a Greek Revival house

    Around 1845 William F. Pinchbeck began building a Greek Revival house at 305 East 10th Street, generally attributed to architect Joseph Trench. It was faced in red brick with brownstone trim over a rusticated English basement and faced Tompkins Square. Pinchbeck was an author, best known for his 1805 book The Expositor; or Many Mysteries Unravelled, the first book on magic tricks published in America.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1852

    April

    Lyman Cobb Jr. advertises a Yonkers girls' school with the house as his address

    Educational author Lyman Cobb and his family shared the house with the Pinchbecks in its early years. In April 1852 his son, Lyman Cobb Jr., advertised a boarding school for girls in Yonkers and gave 305 East 10th Street as the address for inquiries. The elder Cobbs moved to Third Avenue in 1853.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1887

    Architect E. W. Greis raises the attic to a full story with an Italianate cornice

    In April 1887 owner George Zuckschwerdt hired architect E. W. Greis to renovate the house. The squat attic level was raised to a full story under an Italianate style cornice, and new newels and stoop railings were installed. The exterior has changed little since.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1925

    November 16

    Dr. Philip Jager, a physician who treated neighborhood children free, dies

    Dr. Philip Jager, a German-born physician who bought 305 East 10th Street in 1920, died on November 16, 1925, at age 51. He had given free medical care to the neighborhood's immigrant children, including more than 200 schoolchildren each week in his last five years. More than a thousand people gathered at the house for his funeral.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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