320 East 4th Street
East Village | built 1899
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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.
- 1838
J. Freeland has a Greek Revival rowhouse built on East 4th Street
A single-family rowhouse was erected for owner J. Freeland in 1838, likely in the Greek Revival style. Within about thirty years its original cornice was removed and replaced with a more elaborate Italianate one, updating the house's look to match changing tastes.
- 1916
The house is converted into a tenement for three families
An alteration application filed in 1916 converted the single-family house into a tenement holding three families, and the city's Tenement House Department approved the change. The conversion reflected the East Village's broader shift toward denser, multi-family housing in the early twentieth century.
Further reading
- 320 East 4th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 318 East 4th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 316 East 4th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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