40 Bedford Street

West Village | built 1836

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

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1836
Mason William Huyler builds 40 Bedford Street for William Haynes
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Master mason William Huyler, who also built 42 Bedford Street and two houses on Leroy Street, constructed the house around 1836 for William Haynes. It began with a peaked roof and two and a half stories. By 1877 it had been raised to three full stories and housed two families, and in 1930 architect Ferdinand Savignano replaced the stoop with a street-level Colonial Revival entrance and a studio-style window.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1960
Bookbinder Hans Rumpler and his wife Alice buy 40 Bedford Street and open a basement studio
Austrian-born bookbinder Hans Rumpler and his wife Alice bought the house in 1960. A basement artist's studio was fitted out in the 1960s for Rumpler's bookbinding work. A Hans Rumpler collection is held at the Center for Jewish History in New York.
“…an artist's studio was installed in the basement for Austrian-born bookbinder Hans Rumpler, who with his wife Alice purchased the building in 1960…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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