52 East 7th Street
East Village | built 1893
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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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- 1893
Construction starts on three tenements at 52, 54 and 56 East 7th Street for Charles Ruff
Architects Schneider & Herter designed No. 52 with its neighbors at Nos. 54 and 56 for owner Charles Ruff, at a projected cost of about $22,000 each. Each building was intended to house 21 families. Work began on January 25, 1893, and finished on August 31 of the same year, producing a trio of Queen Anne tenements.
Further reading
- 52 East 7th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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