63 Barrow 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
Catherine Cruger builds a small Greek Revival house at 63 Barrow Street behind her corner store
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In 1845 Catherine Cruger built a pair of houses, Nos. 61 and 63 Barrow Street, on the rear of her corner property by Bedford Street, where she kept a store. No. 63 is a three-story brick house over a basement, only 17 feet wide, with floor-length parlor windows and simple stone trim. Its small size may be what kept it from being cut into apartments, and it is still a single-family house.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1896
May 16
A seamstress living at 63 Barrow Street testifies in her employers' divorce case
Elizabeth A. Lahey, who lived at 63 Barrow Street, began work in John Van Orden's ladies' underwear firm in 1882 at age 14 and rose to assistant forewoman and special fitter. On May 16, 1896, she took the stand in the Van Ordens' bitter divorce. She said Margaret Van Orden often spoke ill of her husband, while Van Orden himself had always been respectful toward her.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1921
July
Artist Estella Case buys 63 Barrow Street, and a Times financial reporter later lives there
In July 1921 the von Schmid family sold No. 63 Barrow Street to the artist Estella Case. Later residents included Edward J. Condlon and his wife Rosalie. Condlon covered finance for The New York Times from 1927 and played in the Financial Writers Association's annual theatrical productions from 1938 to 1941. He died on August 5, 1944.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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