335 Bleecker Street

also 337 Bleecker Street | West Village | built 1861

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.

1861
A liquor dealer builds himself a three-story house with stores at 335-337 Bleecker Street
In 1861 William Patterson, who was in the liquor business, built this three-story brick house at 335-337 Bleecker Street as his home. The district report describes him as the son of William G. Patterson. It also says Nos. 331-337 were once one property owned by a grocer named William Patterson, who lived over his store at the corner, No. 329. The new house had a bold bracketed cornice and shops at street level.
“…built as his residence for William G. Patterson's son William, who was in the liquor business. The house was constructed in 1861…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

Nearby