343 Bleecker Street

West Village | built 1831

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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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  1. 1831

    Alexander Lounsberry leases land from the Gunn estate and opens a shoe store in his new home

    Around 1830-31 Alexander Lounsberry built this frame house on land he leased from the estate of the minister Alexander Gunn. Not long after, he set up a shoe store on the ground floor of his own home. The house has a Flemish-bond brick front, three stories and a simple cornice.

    “…built in 1830-31 on land leased from the Gunn estate by Alexander Lounsberry. Shortly thereafter, Lounsberry opened a shoe store on the first floor of his residence, No. 343…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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