39 Barrow Street

also 72 7th Avenue South | West Village | built 1828

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

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1828
Carpenter Jacob Bogert is among the first tenants of the new speculative house at 39 Barrow Street
No. 39 was one of four late Federal houses, Nos. 39 to 45, finished in 1828 on Barrow Street as speculative ventures for the lawyer and developer Charles Oakley. The houses found tenants right away. The first occupant of No. 39 was Jacob Bogert, a carpenter, and the report suggests he and other early tenants who worked in the building trades may have helped build the houses. A third floor was added in the 1870s.
“…they were built as speculative houses for Charles Oakley ... they found tenants immediately. Among the first tenants were Jacob Bogert, carpenter at No. 39…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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