47 King Street

also 49 King Street, 47A King Street | Hudson Square | built 1900

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1865

    Trinity Church sells Nos. 47 and 49 King Street, and the new owner remodels the twin houses

    The matching houses stood on Trinity Church land, with a narrow horsewalk between them. In 1865 the church sold both to William H. Cleary, who raised their attics to full height and added a shared bracketed Italianate cornice. No. 47 was extended over the horsewalk, turning it into a tunnel, and both houses received pressed-metal lintels. The old Federal stoop railings were saved.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1878

    February

    Detectives arrest two forgers who ran a printing shop out of rooms at 47 King Street

    In February 1878, detectives broke into rooms at No. 47 and arrested John C. Richardson and Charles H. Tisher, both operating under aliases, on forgery and counterfeiting charges. The New York Times said they kept type, small presses, dies and engravers' tools there and turned out bank checks that were hard to detect. Papers also dwelled on Tisher's reputation for charming well-off women.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1890

    September

    Painter Edward McLaughlin, a resident, leads the push to unionize the city's grainers

    Edward McLaughlin lived at No. 47 by 1890 and worked as a grainer, painting plaster to look like marble. That September he headed the effort to organize New York's grainers into a trade union. In November 1892 he represented Progressive Painters No. 6 at a labor mass meeting in Webster Hall endorsing Grover Cleveland for president.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1925

    April 5

    Gunmen hijack a resident's touring car at a Vestry Street pier and dump the chauffeur at the Battery

    Louis Capone, listed as a wood caulking contractor, lived at No. 47 in 1925 with his 20-year-old chauffeur, Frank Russo. On April 5, Russo waited in the touring car at the pier at Vestry and West Streets while Capone boarded the steamship Hamilton. Two gunmen made Russo move over, drove to the Battery and threw him out before speeding off.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1972

    Thirteen shareholders turn the King Street houses into a cooperative

    After a 1948 sale to Kingwood Estates, the four buildings on the two lots stayed largely unchanged until 1972, when thirteen shareholders combined them into a cooperative. Apartments sold for $13,000 to $28,000, with renovation included. Early owners included Vogue art director Roger Schoening and his family, who fitted a four-person home into a 1,100-square-foot third floor.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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