37 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1833

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1. 1833

   Thomas E. Davis and Louis Wilcox build a Federal rowhouse at 37 East 7th Street

   Attorney and banker Thomas E. Davis, who had turned to real estate development, partnered with Louis Wilcox in 1832 to start a row of houses on East 7th Street. The Federal-style house at No. 37 was finished the following year and valued at $6,000. It has three stories above an English basement, orange Flemish-bond brickwork, and a round-arched doorway with a faceted keystone and delicate carving.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1913

   The Independent Order B'rith Abraham buys 37 East 7th Street for its headquarters

   By 1904 the Independent Order B'rith Abraham of the United States of America, a Jewish fraternal beneficiary order, was using the basement and parlor floor of 37 East 7th Street as its headquarters. In 1913 its executive committee was authorized to buy the house for $19,000 plus the cost of alterations. The Order's total payments came to $29,373.39, and the upper floors were returned to a single residence for its Grand Secretary.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1943

   February 20

   Grand Secretary Max L. Hollander dies at 37 East 7th Street

   Max L. Hollander, who had been Grand Secretary of the Independent Order B'rith Abraham since 1909 and lived in the house, died there on the afternoon of February 20, 1943, at age 73. The New York Times reported that 1,500 people attended his funeral service. Before turning to the Order, he had worked as a tailor on the Lower East Side for 23 years.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1985

   Princeton Architectural Press moves into 37 East 7th Street

   Kevin Lippert, a Princeton architecture student, founded Princeton Architectural Press around 1981 with the idea of publishing smaller, easier-to-handle editions of large French architectural drawing books. After graduating in 1983, he moved his publishing firm into the East 7th Street house two years later. The house had been the home of a fraternal organization for decades before the press arrived.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• The Federal Survivor at No. 37 East 7th. StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
• 37 East 7th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks

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