39 Charles Street

West Village | built 1869

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

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1914
Fiorello La Guardia moves into 39 Charles Street and becomes a state deputy attorney general
The future mayor lived at No. 39 from 1914 to 1921, long before he served as mayor from 1934 to 1945. While living here he took the post of Deputy Attorney General of New York in 1915 and was elected to Congress the following year.
Source: Forgotten New York
1916
La Guardia, a Charles Street resident, wins a seat in Congress and later commands a bomber unit in World War I
In 1916 Fiorello La Guardia, then living at 39 Charles Street, was elected to the US House of Representatives and held the seat until December 31, 1919. During World War I he joined the Army and rose to major, commanding a bomber unit on the Italian-Austrian front.
Source: Forgotten New York
1919
La Guardia, living at 39 Charles Street, wins the presidency of the Board of Aldermen
In 1919 Fiorello La Guardia ran as a Republican for president of the city's Board of Aldermen, a post comparable to today's City Council president, and won it while still a resident of No. 39. He went back to Congress in 1922 and served eleven years before becoming mayor.
Source: Forgotten New York

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