Blue Hill

73 Washington Place | also 73 West Washington Plce | Greenwich Village | built 1847

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

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1847
A chemist and a physician build the Greek Revival houses at 73 and 75 Washington Place on speculation
Arthur W. Gabaudan, a druggist, and Dr. James O. Pond put up this pair in 1847 to sell rather than to live in. Pond's own house stood around the corner on Sixth Avenue, and Gabaudan lived at several addresses nearby, including across the street at what is now No. 74. In 1969 the city's landmarks report noted that No. 73 still had all of its small-paned window sash and its original cast-iron railings.
“This pair of superb late Greek Revival houses was built in 1847 on speculation by Messrs. Gabaudan and Pond, who were respectively a chemist and a physician.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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