44 King Street
Hudson Square | built 1840
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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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- 1966
The Landmarks Commission lists 44 King Street among King Street's perfectly preserved Greek Revival houses
Describing the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District in 1966, the Landmarks Preservation Commission praised the Greek Revival houses that King Street gained in the 1840s and singled out Nos. 20, 40, 42 and 44 as perfect and in their original state. It pointed to their strict, linear brownstone doorways, window lintels, framed roof cornices and ironwork with Grecian motifs, with stair railings ending in handsome brownstone columns. The report 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…”
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