317 East 5th Street

East Village | built 1900

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.

1867
A tenement pair rises at 317 and 319 East 5th Street
Henrietta W. Bronson is the original owner of this five-story tenement at 317 East 5th Street, built in 1867 together with No. 319 next door. The two share a facade design, with a bracketed cornice, arched window lintels and a hooded doorway at the top of the stoop. Galvanized-iron cornices were added to the basement storefronts in 1893.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org
1893
A basement storefront is added, later marked by a lager beer sign
A basement-level store is installed in the tenement at 317 East 5th Street in 1893. During a recent renovation, workers uncovered a faded painted sign reading S. Cort Wines & Lager Beer. It is unknown when the business operated or whether it was a shop or a bar. Cort is a German name, which fits the area's history as Kleindeutschland, or Little Germany.
Source: Ephemeral New York

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