31 Bank Street

West Village | built 1891

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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. 1891

    Charles Rentz builds a five-story apartment house at 31 Bank Street for himself and Andrew Brose

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    Charles Rentz erected No. 31 Bank Street in 1891 for Andrew Brose and for himself. The five-story brick apartment house has a brownstone base and mixes Romanesque Revival round arches with Queen Anne terra-cotta panels and a bracketed roof cornice. Its entrance porch rests on short granite columns, set among arched first-floor windows.

    “…was erected by Charles Rentz in 1891 for Andrew Brose and Charles Rentz. It is transitional in style…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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