342 Bowery
NoHo | built 1826
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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.
- 1826
Butcher Ludwic Harpel has a house built at 342 Bowery by 1826
Tax assessments show that a house stood on this lot by 1826, built for Ludwic Harpel, a butcher who had bought the land in 1821. In 1830 Harpel sold it to Daniel Burtnett, also a butcher. Peter Williams, a crockery merchant, bought it in 1849, and by 1851 a saloon keeper named S. H. Waring was a tenant.
“…a house existed on this lot as early as 1826 constructed for Ludwic Harpel, a butcher…”
- 1880
The 1880 census finds a crockery dealer's widow, a treasury clerk and a Prussian hat dealer at 342 Bowery
Enumerators in 1880 recorded three families in the building. They were Catherine Williams, a retired crockery dealer and probably the widow of Peter Williams; Albert Riffenburth, a clerk in the treasury department; and Bernard Hammel, a Prussian hat dealer, with his extended family and a servant. By 1890 the directories listed only Max Jacobs, hat dealer, in the building.
“Catherine Williams, listed as a retired crockery dealer and probably Peter's widow; Albert Riffenburth, a clerk in the treasury department…”
- 1970
Andy Warhol's Factory Films Inc. becomes owner of 342 Bowery in 1970
Factory Films, Inc., the company connected to Andy Warhol, owned 342 Bowery from 1970 until his estate sold it in 1992. The landmarks report found no record that Warhol lived there. By 1973 the building held a store and three art studios, part of the shift of NoHo lofts from trade use to artists.
“…owned by Andy Warhol's Factory Films Inc. from 1970 to 1992 when it was sold by his estate, there is no record that Warhol lived there…”
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