Former Free Circulating Library branch

49 Bond Street | NoHo | built 1830

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

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1830
Builder Timothy Woodruff puts up 49 Bond Street as an investment house; the Minturn family later owns it
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Timothy Woodruff, a builder, built 49 Bond Street around 1830 as an investment property, a three-and-a-half-story single-family house. The Minturn family bought it in 1844, and in 1862 it was the home of Sarah Minturn. By 1880 four families, one with a lodger, were living in the house.
“…built c. 1830 as an investment property for and by Timothy Woodruff, a builder…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1882
June 9
The New York Free Circulating Library buys 49 Bond Street as a library branch
On June 9, 1882, the trustees of the New York Free Circulating Library purchased 49 Bond Street, with the lot costing $15,500 and fitting the building out for library use another $13,774.92. The library had opened in 1880 in two rented rooms at 36 Bond Street with 1,837 volumes. Its books were moved to the new building on May 1, 1883.
Source: Wikipedia
1919
The library branch at 49 Bond Street gives way to stores and lofts for a textile merchant
After the Free Circulating Library joined the New York Public Library in 1901, 49 Bond Street went on serving as a branch until 1919. That year the architect Henry M. Entlich redesigned it as stores and lofts for the textile merchant Aaron Aaront, adding storefronts and a front fire escape. From 1936 to 1967 its main tenant was C. P. China Co.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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