75 East 2nd Street
East Village | built 1868
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1868
Charles Grissler and William E. Waring build the first of two matching tenements
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The 1868 pre-law tenement at 75 East 2nd Street was designed by William E. Waring for Charles Grissler, who had the neighboring No. 73 built in the same fashion three years later. Both are Italianate, with bowed window lintels and sills and a bracketed cornice.
- 1868
Architect William E. Waring leaves his father's firm and designs this tenement in his first year alone
Waring worked in his father's firm, E. Waring & Son, from about 1859 to 1867, then went independent in 1868, the year 75 East 2nd Street was built. His practice was lucrative and ran until his death in 1882, when he left $5,000 to his widow, Frederica.
“He left the firm in 1868 and entered into what was a lucrative independent practice which lasted until his death in 1882…”
- 1928
The ground floor becomes a store in 1928, then returns to apartments in 1938
In 1928 the first floor of the tenement became a store, with a storefront flush with the building line. Ten years later, in 1938, that floor went back to apartment use, and it has been resurfaced since.
Further reading
- 75 East 2nd StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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