53 Wooster Street

SoHo | built 1825

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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.

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  1. 1825

    Samuel Dobbin's brick house at 53 Wooster Street is raised and turned into a store and loft in 1870

    No. 53 Wooster Street was built around 1825 as a brick dwelling for Samuel Dobbin. In 1870 its peaked roof was flattened and a story added, and the house became a store and loft. The district report notes it and No. 51 as the two buildings on the block dating from the 1820s.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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