380 Bleecker Street

West Village | built 1853

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1852

    Cigar dealer Arthur Haddock owns No. 380, the best preserved of five new Italianate houses

    Five new houses at Nos. 372-380 were assessed in 1852-54 to Arthur H. M. Haddock, though he owned only No. 380. He and William J. Haddock ran a cigar business on West Street and lived on West Eleventh Street. The city's 1969 report calls No. 380 probably the most attractive and best preserved house on the block, in a simple Italianate style with a little-changed ground-floor shop.

    “No. 380 is probably the most attractive and best preserved house in this block and the only one owned by Haddock.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1864

    A 19-year-old Union soldier from the house dies of illness and is mourned here

    John Gilheeny, the teenage son of Ann Troy, lived in the upstairs rooms in 1864. He joined the Union army and fell ill in Virginia. The New York Herald reported his death on December 30, 1864, after a short, severe illness. His body came home and the funeral was held in the Troys' rooms.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1911

    January

    A mysterious milestone from a demolished Christopher Street house ends up in the realtors' office

    In January 1911 workmen tearing down an old house at 102 Christopher Street found a milestone carved with old-style lettering. The New-York Historical Society's librarian could not say whether it marked a Revolutionary War camp or a roadhouse. The stone was kept in the office of Crist & Herrick, agents for the property's Buxton estate, on the ground floor of 380 Bleecker Street.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1946

    February

    The Haddock family sells the house after owning it for 95 years

    In February 1946 the realtors Crist & Herrick sold 380 Bleecker Street on behalf of the heirs of Arthur H. M. Haddock, who had owned the house since it was completed in 1852. The New York Times noted that one family had held the property for ninety-five years. From the mid-1950s through the 1960s the ground floor held the Reubert Piano Co., which advertised reconditioned pianos and tuning.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1977

    August

    The 380 Gallery shows portrait sculptures of film stars beside a copy shop

    By 1976 the Reubert Piano Co. had given way to two unlikely neighbors sharing the storefront: the 380 Gallery and the 380 Xerox Copy Center. In August 1977 the gallery showed Ron Kron's portrait sculptures of motion picture stars. The pairing lasted through the 1980s.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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