316 Bleecker Street

also 47 Grove Street | West Village | built 1854

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

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1851
Haxtun's widow sells the Grove Street mansion and its grounds for development
Andrew Haxtun, who had owned the mansion at 45 Grove Street since 1839, died in 1848. In 1851 his widow sold the house together with all the land around it, which included the ground where 316 Bleecker Street now stands. The grounds were then built over, notably with the Bleecker Street frontage now numbered 316 to 328 and two houses on Christopher Street. The district report says the sale added to the commercial growth of the neighborhood.
“1851, Haxtun's widow sold the mansion and all the land surrounding it for development…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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