55 Charles Street

West Village | built 1867

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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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  1. 1867

    George Starr builds a row of three town houses, including No. 55, at the west end of the old Van Nest block

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    George Starr, who had bought the west end of the block in 1865, had three brick town houses built in 1866-67, of which No. 55 is one. Starr lived first at No. 51, then at No. 53, where he served as Commissioner of Emigration in the 1870s. No. 53 was replaced by a synagogue in 1917, leaving No. 55 and No. 51 as survivors of the trio.

    “Built in 1866-67 as part of a row of three town houses for George Starr (including No. 53), these brick dwellings…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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