32 Bethune Street

West Village | built 1845

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

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  1. 1845

    No. 32 Bethune Street goes up in 1844-45 for Thomas Cudbirth and keeps a simple Greek Revival doorway

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    No. 32 belongs to a group of three houses, Nos. 30-34, built for Thomas Cudbirth in 1844-45. The Greenwich Village Historic District report says the row was built in two groups, which explains the shift in window alignment between Nos. 30-34 and Nos. 24-28. No. 32 still has its very simple Greek Revival doorway, and Nos. 34 and 36 were later stuccoed.

    “Very simple Greek Revival doorways remain at Nos. 30 and 32 ... Nos. 30-34, were built for Thomas Cudbirth…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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