70 East 4th Street

East Village | built 1833

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1833

    Russel Stebbins's Greek Revival row house goes up as part of Albion Place

    Built around 1832-33 for Russel Stebbins, 70 East 4th Street began as a three-and-a-half-story Greek Revival row house in the Albion Place development. The house later lost its stoop, attic story and cornice, and its facade was parged over, which hides most of its original detail.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1868

    The house becomes headquarters of an aid office for German orphans and neglected children

    By 1868 the former row house held the Office of Asylum and Secretary, an organization that supported mostly German orphans and neglected children. Fifteen years later the offices of St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum were here.

    Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

  3. 1903

    Ruppiner's Hall hosts German and Hungarian lodges at 70 East 4th Street

    After the turn of the century the building was known as Ruppiner's Hall, used by various German and Hungarian organizations. From 1903 the Knights and Ladies of the Golden Star and the Knights and Ladies of Honor met here regularly, and in 1906 lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows used it too.

    Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

  4. 1914

    A paper box manufacturer is arrested for trying to start a fire in the building's basement

    A paper factory operated in the building in 1914. At the end of that year, 49-year-old Joseph Albert, the paper box manufacturer at this address, was arrested for trying to set a fire in the basement.

    Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

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