35 Crosby Street

SoHo | built 1850

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1850
A six-story Greek Revival tenement goes up at 35 Crosby Street around 1850
Dating from about 1849-50, the six-story brick building at 35 Crosby Street was built for John H. Gottfried or else Philemon H. Frost, and it is the earliest of the group of Crosby Street tenements the commission describes. It mixes Greek Revival details, such as flush stone lintels and projecting sills, with an Italianate wooden cornice on scrolled brackets. A second brick building stands at the back of the lot, out of view from the street.
“…built in c.1849-50 for either John H. Gottfried or Philemon H. Frost ... additional brick building that is not visible from the street, located at the rear of the lot.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1909
Andrew Degli Paoli adds a storefront and bathrooms to 35 Crosby Street in 1909
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In 1909 the building received indoor bathrooms for the first time. The same job put cast-iron columns, a steel beam and storefronts at street level, filed by owner Andrew Degli Paoli with architect Herman Horenberger. In 1945 the number of apartments per floor was cut from four to two, and the upper floors are still residential.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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