38 Downing Street
West Village | built 1893
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1893
John Hauser designs an 18-family tenement with a store at 38 Downing Street
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Architect John Hauser designed this five-story Romanesque Revival tenement in 1893 for Samuel W. B. Smith, who also developed other buildings on the block. It held 18 families and a ground-floor store. Smith sold it within the year to three buyers, Patrick Curtin, Michael Brosnan and Jeremiah Murphy, according to the deed records.
“…designed in 1893 by John Hauser as an 18-family tenement and store…”
- 1935
Owner Bridget Cassino replaces the store at 38 Downing Street with two apartments
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A 1935 alteration for owner Bridget Cassino removed the ground-floor store and put two apartments in its place, bringing the building to 20 families. The Cassino family had bought the house in 1923. The cornice was removed around 1992 and replaced with a brick parapet.
“As part of a 1935 alteration for owner Bridget Cassino, the store was removed and replaced with two apartments increasing the residential occupancy…”
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