38 Bedford Street

West Village | built 1836

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

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1836
John G. Hadden has builders put up a Federal row house at 38 Bedford Street
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Around 1836 Henry Frederick, a builder born in New Jersey, and the mason Orren H. Sims built the house at 38 Bedford Street for John G. Hadden, who was also one of the builders of 30 Leroy Street. It began as a two-and-a-half-story house with a peaked roof. In 1923 it was raised to three stories with a flat roof and cornice, and in 1930 the stoop was removed and a new entrance placed below street level for the two families then living there.
“…constructed c. 1836 by New Jersey-born builder Henry Frederick and mason Orren H. Sims for John G. Hadden…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1961
Cubist sculptor Alexander Archipenko owns 38 Bedford Street and works in its studio
Ukrainian-born sculptor and teacher Alexander Archipenko owned the house briefly in the early 1960s, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and was reportedly still working in a home studio there until his death in 1964 at age 76. Deeds list him as owner from 1961. In 1970 the building reverted from multi-family use to a single-family home.
“…owned for a brief period in the early 1960s by the influential Cubist sculptor Alexander Archipenko…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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