56 2nd Avenue
East Village | built 1841
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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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- 1841
John Valentine builds a Greek Revival row house at 56 Second Avenue, next to another he owns
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The three-story house at 56 Second Avenue was built in 1841 in the Greek Revival style for John Valentine, who also owned the house next door at 54. Commercial alterations followed in 1904-06 under the architect G. E. Goldsmith. The Landmarks Preservation Commission lists the original architect as undetermined.
- 1928
The New York Jewish Evangelical Society converts the house into a mission
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In 1928 the lower floors of 56 Second Avenue were remodeled by the architect John B. Reschke as a mission house for the New York Jewish Evangelical Society. The third floor became the home of the minister's family. The pedimented Classical Revival facade the building has today probably dates from this work.
Further reading
- 56 Second AvenueVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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