425 East 6th Street
East Village | built 1854
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1852
Frederick Schmithenner owns the lot where No. 425 goes up in the early 1850s
A deed of December 1852 shows Frederick Schmithenner as owner of the lot, and the city's survey dates the original building to about 1852 to 1854. Tax records indicate the building was made taller sometime before 1869.
“…original building was constructed c. 1852-54 when the lot was owned by Frederick Schmithenner (Liber 609, page 337, December, 1852). It was increased in height sometime before 1869.”
Further reading
- 425 East 6th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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