31 Stuyvesant Street

East Village | built 1861

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.

1859
March 28
A short newspaper ad sells most of Banta's new Stuyvesant Triangle lots within months, mainly to investors
On March 28, 1859, a brief notice in the New York Times and Herald offers several new houses on the south side of Tenth Street, directing buyers to Thomas MacFarlan & Sons. Most lots sell within a few months for $7,800 to $13,250, and city directories suggest the buyers were investors, not future residents. Mathias Banta, who had the lots laid out, does not move into No. 23 Stuyvesant Street until 1865.
“…advertisement only ran for several days and was highly effective for most of the lots were sold within a few months for prices ranging from $7,800 to $13,250…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1861
The Abendroth Brothers complete No. 31, one of the Triangle's brick Anglo-Italianate houses, assessed at $6,500
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The Abendroth Brothers are the owners when the house is completed in 1861, with an assessment of $6,500. The group is built of pressed brick and stone over a rusticated basement, and the stone-faced, truncated prow with its vermiculated quoins and bay windows makes the whole Triangle read as one large building. The parlor-floor iron balconies and some other ironwork are now gone, but the commission found the group otherwise little changed from 1861.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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