637 East 6th Street
East Village | built 1920
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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.
- 1875
Fire destroys David Jones's brewery complex on this stretch of East 6th Street
In November 1875 a large fire destroys the brewery complex of David Jones, a brewer and major landowner whose Jones's Brewery spans 617 to 637 East 6th Street. According to a New York Times article from 1881, the brewing headquarters is still on East 6th Street.
- 1877
David Jones puts up a two-story storage building at 637 East 6th Street
David Jones, the brewer who owns the property, builds a two-story storage building at 637 East 6th Street in 1877, two years after the fire that destroyed his brewery complex. It is converted into tenements in 1888. Today it stands five stories tall, topped by a metal cornice with dentils, modillions and raised frieze panels.
Further reading
- 637 East 6th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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