731 Greenwich Street

also 122 Perry Street | West Village | built 1911

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.

1811
Henry Bayard builds the first house at the Greenwich and Perry Street corner
The corner lot now numbered 731 Greenwich Street was first built on in 1811, when Henry Bayard had a house put up there. In 1836 a second house went up on the Perry Street side for Joel Miller, a chairmaker. Both of these earlier houses stood on this same lot and were later replaced by the rebuilt corner building.
“The original house was built in 1811 for Henry Bayard, and a second house was built in 1836 on the Perry Street side for Joel Miller, chairmaker.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1853
A fire nearly destroys the two corner houses at 731 Greenwich Street, and they are rebuilt as one building
In 1853 a fire practically destroyed the two houses at the corner of Greenwich and Perry Streets, and they were rebuilt. The four-story building seen today incorporates both of the rebuilt houses. In 1928 it was altered along with its neighbors in the row, gaining a stepped, curved parapet and projecting tile shed roofs on the Perry Street side.
“In 1853, the two houses were rebuilt after a fire had practically destroyed them. The entire building, as seen today, incorporates the two rebuilt houses.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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