661 Washington Street
West Village | built 1885
Open on the map1 entry
The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1885
Jimmy Walker's grandfather turns an old factory and stable into a five-story tenement
James Roon, an Irish-born liquor dealer on Tenth Avenue, bought a four-story brick factory and a two-story stable here in 1883 for $10,600. Architect Joseph M. Dunn converted them into a five-story tenement in 1885. Roon was the grandfather of James J. "Jimmy" Walker, who became mayor of New York in 1926. Roon's family lived around the corner at 278 West 10th Street, and the Roon and Walker heirs owned the building until 1955.
“James Roon (c. 1829-c. 1891), born in Ireland, was a liquor dealer on Tenth Avenue and the grandfather of James J. ("Jimmy") Walker, Mayor of New York City…”
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