311 Avenue of the Americas

West Village | built 1828

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1828
David Robbins and Timothy Chamberlain build seven Federal houses on Sixth Avenue, including no. 311
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In 1828 the builder David Robbins and his partner Timothy Chamberlain erected a row of seven Federal-style houses along Sixth Avenue, each three and a half stories tall. No. 311 was one of them, and by the 1850s a shop had taken over its ground floor.
“…originally built in 1828 as a 3½-story Federal style house, one of seven constructed for David Robbins, a builder, and his partner Timothy Chamberlain.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1910
Architect George McCabe turns the attic of 311 Sixth Avenue into furnished rooms, ending its status as a tenement
The house at 311 Sixth Avenue held three apartments and was legally a tenement until 1910. That year the architect George McCabe converted the attic apartment into furnished rooms for the owners, which made the building a non-tenement. Fifteen years later another architect, Allan B. Bates, raised it to a full four stories and rearranged the windows.
“In 1910 architect George McCabe converted the house from a tenement with three apartments into a non -tenement by converting the attic apartment into furnished rooms…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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