38 Carmine Street

West Village | built 1826

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

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1826
James Votey owns a stable and three lots where 38-40 Carmine Street stands
The Landmarks Preservation Commission traces the lot to James Votey, who held three adjoining lots and a stable around 1826 and may have developed this property then. By the 1850s the site held a commercial building that became a brewery.
“This property may have been developed as early as 1826 when James Votey owned three adjoining lots and a stable…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1858
William A. Livingston buys the buildings that housed the New York Steam Brewery on Carmine Street
An 1852 insurance map shows a manufacturing or commercial building on the double lot at 38-40 Carmine Street, and the next edition labels it the New York Steam Brewery. The 1858 tax assessment described two two-story buildings. They were sold that year to William A. Livingston.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1877
Jacob Wilson adds a kitchen extension to the eight-family tenement at 38-40 Carmine Street
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In 1868 the old brewery buildings were enlarged from two stories to four. A filing for alterations in 1877 called the building an eight-family tenement with shops at street level, and that year owner Jacob Wilson added a rear extension to serve as a kitchen.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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