402 East 12th Street
East Village | built 1900
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1867
A five-story pre-law tenement rises at 402 East 12th Street
In 1867, a brick tenement five bays wide and five stories tall, with a basement, is built at 402 East 12th Street, along with a row of tenements on First Avenue. It predates the tenement housing laws. Its facade has a bracketed cornice over a decorated frieze, segmental-arched window openings, and molded lintels with foliage carving.
- 1935
The stoop at 402 East 12th Street is removed and the entrance moves to the basement
In 1935, the original stoop at 402 East 12th Street is taken out. The building's entrance is moved down to basement level. The change comes nearly seven decades after the five-story tenement was first built in 1867.
Further reading
- 404 East 12th Street; 404-416 East 12th Street; 405-417 East 11 StVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 402 East 12th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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