40 West 10th Street

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

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1833
Banker James Lanier owns the 1833 carriage house at 40 West 10th Street
A private carriage house dating to 1833 stands at 40 West 10th Street and is bought by banker James Franklin Doughty Lanier, who lives down the block at No. 16 with his wife Mary McClure Lanier. One broker has credited the building to James Renwick Jr., but the Daytonian in Manhattan history finds that unlikely for so small a commission.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1912
Henry E. Scholl converts the stable into sculptor Charles Keck's studio
Henry E. Scholl alters the former stable in 1912 as a studio for the sculptor Charles Keck. Between 1918 and 1927 architect Walter L. Uhl gives the building a new Italian Renaissance front, adds a third story, and tops it with a penthouse, all for Keck.
Source: media.villagepreservation.org
2011
January
Napster co-founder Sean Parker buys the building for $20 million
Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who had been renting the house, buys 40 West 10th Street for $20 million in January 2011. An earlier owner, liquor executive Enrico Marone Cinzano, paid $2.05 million in 1991 and renovated it with a swimming pool, a spa, and an atrium of bamboo trees.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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