Peter O. Grilliet House

39 West 10th Street | Greenwich Village | built 1839

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

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1839
Andrew Lockwood builds the house for merchant Peter Omer Grilliet
Builder Andrew Lockwood puts up this Greek Revival town house in 1838-39 on what is then Amos Street, renamed West 10th Street in 1857. It is built for Peter Omer Grilliet, who is a partner in Grilliet & Hoguet, a commission merchant firm.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1934
Writer Jean Toomer and photographer Marjorie Content move in as newlyweds
Jean Toomer, the poet and novelist known for his 1923 book Cane, moves into 39 West 10th Street in 1934 with his bride, the photographer Marjorie Content. The couple stays until 1940, when they relocate to Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1993
April
Composer Jonathan Sheffer buys the house and has its interior gutted
Composer Jonathan Sheffer buys 39 West 10th Street for $1.4 million in April 1993, intending to convert it back to a private home, and strips the interiors to the studs. He sells it in August 2015 for $18.1 million with no further work done. A 1946 renovation had earlier removed the stoop and lowered the entrance.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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