321 East 6th Street

East Village | built 1853

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.

1853
J. Palmer's vacant lot becomes one of five matching row houses, later converted to tenements
Tax records show the lot at 321 East 6th Street was vacant in 1852 and owned by J. Palmer, who probably held the neighboring lots too. Single-family row houses went up on lots 45 through 49 around 1853 and look identical. They were later converted into tenements, and a New York Times article from 1897 mentions a peddler named Daniel Lowly living at No. 321, which suggests the change had happened by then.
“Tax records indicate that this lot was vacant and owned in 1852 by J. Palmer... A New York Times article dating to 1897 notes a peddler named Daniel Lowly living there…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1969
Filmmaker Paul Morrissey, who worked with Andy Warhol, becomes owner of 321 East 6th Street
Property deeds show that Paul Morrissey, best known for his films with Andy Warhol, owned this house from 1969 to 1975. Several sources say Warhol owned it as well, but Village Preservation could not confirm that from primary records. Warhol's biographers do say he bought two Lower East Side properties in 1970.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

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