307 East 6th Street

East Village | built 1856

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.

1856
A single-family rowhouse owned by C. H. Wardell stands at 307 East 6th Street, valued at $6,500
Tax records from 1856 list a house on this lot, valued at $6,500 and owned by C. H. Wardell. It appears to have begun as a single-family rowhouse of four stories and a basement. It was later modified into a tenement, and housing inspectors noted it with one family per floor by 1902.
“Tax records indicate the existence of a house on this lot in 1856, owned by C. H. Wardell and valued at $6,500…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1903
The fourth story of 307 East 6th Street is raised for the family living on that floor
Alteration records filed in 1903 show the owners increased the height of the building's fourth story, for the benefit of the family living on that floor. By then the former rowhouse was a tenement with one family per floor. In 1927 the stoop was removed and the main entrance was moved down to the basement level.
“…indicate the height of the existing fourth story was increased for the benefit the family living on that story (ALT 372-1903)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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