321 Avenue of the Americas

West Village | built 1828

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

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1828
Builder David Robbins puts up 321 Sixth Avenue and lives in it with his family until 1835
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In 1828 the builder David Robbins and his partner Timothy Chamberlain erected the house at 321 Sixth Avenue as a three-and-a-half-story Federal residence, one of seven built for the two men. Robbins and his family lived there until they sold it in 1835 to Cyrus Price, a painter. By the 1850s the ground floor had become a shop and a rear extension had been added.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1880
Four families live at 321 Sixth Avenue in 1880, among them the owner, a retired merchant
The 1880 census found four families under the roof of 321 Sixth Avenue, one of them the household of its owner, Louis Eglinger, a retired merchant. Conveyance records show Eglinger had held the property since 1858. The house had been raised to four full stories around 1864, along with its neighbors at 315, 317 and 319, and probably gained its Italianate cornice then.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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