37 Greenwich Avenue
also 2 Charles Street | West Village | built 1845
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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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- 1845
Carpenter Patrick Cogan builds 37 Greenwich Avenue with financier Myndert Van Schaick
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Carpenter Patrick Cogan built this four-story corner house in 1845 as part of a long row he and the wealthy former state senator Myndert Van Schaick developed along Charles Street. Cogan overextended himself, and when Van Schaick sued for the unpaid mortgage the next year, the court auctioned the property. The houses went to the highest bidders.
“Patrick Cogan was an unsuccessful carpenter, who overextended himself trying to complete the long row of nine houses and sell them.”
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 37 Greenwich Avenue (aka 2 Charles Street)Village Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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