57 Greenwich Avenue

also 1 Perry Street | West Village | built 1845

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

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1845
Lawyer William Van Hook has twin Greek Revival houses built at Perry Street
No. 57 Greenwich Avenue (also No. 1 Perry Street) and its neighbor No. 59 were built in 1844-45 for William Van Hook, a lawyer who owned a sawmill at Bank and West Streets. Van Hook lived on West Eighth Street before later moving to 5 Fifth Avenue. No. 57 has an unusual rounded corner, inset and running the full height, with a column of windows.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1851
Liquor dealer Michael Ledwith lives at No. 57 in 1851
By 1851 the corner house at 57 Greenwich Avenue was the home of Michael Ledwith, who ran a liquor store at the upper end of the same block. The district report records this tenant as part of the house's early residential history, a few years after Van Hook had it built.
“In 1851, No. 57 was the home of Michael Ledwith, who had a liquor store at the upper end of the block.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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