40 King Street

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

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1840
No. 40 King Street survives with its Greek Revival details intact
No. 40 King Street was built around 1840 as one of the Greek Revival houses of King Street. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's report on the Charlton-King-Vandam district listed it with Nos. 42 and 44 as perfect and in their original state. It cited the brownstone doorways, linear window lintels, roof cornices and ironwork with Grecian motifs, with stair railings ending in brownstone columns, and called the group a great example of survival.
“Numbers 20, 40, 42 and 44 are perfect, and in their original state - a great example of survival. Their brownstone doorways, strict and linear…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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