57 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1910

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1861
A four-story house owned by Mary E. Revere stands at 57 East 7th Street by 1861
City tax records for 1861 list a four-story building on this lot valued at $9,000, with Mary E. Revere as owner. The report places its construction after 1860.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1938
Abraham and Pauline Perlman raise the building at 57 East 7th Street in 1938
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In 1938 the owners, Abraham and Pauline Perlman, had the building raised so that its basement became the street-level first story, with no new floors added. The peaked roofline probably dates from the same alteration, which was filed with the Department of Buildings as ALT 2147-1938. The facade is now painted to look as though it has lintels and sills.
“Building raised in 1938 (basement converted into present first story…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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