46 Downing Street

West Village | built 1892

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

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1892
John Hauser designs a 20-family tenement at 46 Downing Street, his first of two for Samuel Smith here
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In 1892 John Hauser designed this five-story tenement, with a basement, for Samuel W. B. Smith. It held 20 families and was the first of two buildings Hauser designed for Smith on the block. It changed hands often in the 1890s, with owners including Walter Averill, Emma Krug and Henry and Catherine Murphy, before Agostino Costa and Tomaso Boassi bought it in 1906.
“…it was the first of two buildings designed by Hauser for Smith on this block…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1961
Two doctors' offices open in the basement of 46 Downing Street in 1961
A 1961 alteration reconfigured the basement of this tenement into two doctors' offices, while the floors above remained apartments. The conversion came after the building passed to the 46 Downing Street Corporation in 1959.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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