394 Bleecker Street

West Village | built 1853

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

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1851
The Baehr estate holds the Bleecker Street block front vacant for decades before lots sell in 1851
Merchant tailor Christian Baehr bought the west side of Bleecker Street between West 11th and Perry Streets in 1799 as a long-term investment. His estate kept the lots vacant after his death in 1824, until they were valuable enough to build on. In 1851 they were sold to individual builders, most of whom mortgaged them to the widow Ann E. Baehr, and 394 and its neighbors rose in 1852-53.
“Christian Baehr bought this block front in 1799 as a long term investment in the future expansion of the City.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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