321A Greenwich Street
Tribeca | built 1800
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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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- 1800
Carpenter George Ireland builds a three-story Federal house at 321A Greenwich Street
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Around 1800 the carpenter and builder George Ireland put up a three-story house with a peaked roof here, according to tax records from 1812-1815. It is one of four Federal-era dwellings from about 1800-10 that still stand on Greenwich Street, along with Nos. 331, 361 and 385. Later in the nineteenth century it held a restaurant and offices as well as living quarters.
“…constructed for carpenter and builder George Ireland in c. 1800, this building had three stories and a peaked roof…”
- 1894
Produce merchant Edwin M. Harrison adds a fourth story to 321A Greenwich Street
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In 1894 the architect Alexis Reid McIlvaine altered the old house for Edwin M. Harrison, a produce and egg merchant. McIlvaine added a fourth floor whose keystones and brickwork echo the Federal-era masonry below. Harrison was developing the neighboring buildings at Nos. 321 and 323 at about the same time.
“…alterations in 1894 by architect Alexis Reid Mcilvaine for produce and egg merchant Edwin M. Harrison…”
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