315 East 6th Street

East Village | built 1853

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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. 1891

    An 1891 alteration adds a rear extension and light shaft at 315 East 6th Street, possibly when it becomes a tenement

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    This three-story house was built around 1853 for a single family. The Landmarks Preservation Commission says its conversion into a tenement may have happened in 1891, when a rear yard extension and a light shaft were added under alteration filing 351 of that year. The report adds that the stoop was removed at some point after a 1940s tax photograph.

    “The conversion of No. 315 into a tenement may have occurred in 1891, at which time a rear yard extension and light shaft were added…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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