755 Greenwich Street
West Village | built 1837
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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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- 1837
Butcher Henry Pray builds 755 Greenwich Street as part of a three-house Greek Revival row
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This house was one of three brick Greek Revival residences put up in 1836-37 for Henry Pray, a butcher. Pray was still living in one of the three as late as 1851. Over the years the houses were fitted with matching later cornices, which makes them read as one row, and 755 lost its stoop to a basement entrance. Its original door lintel and low attic windows survive.
“This modified row of three Greek Revival residences of 1836-37 was built for Henry Pray, a butcher, who still lived in one of them as late as 1851.”
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- Then & Now photos: 755 Greenwich StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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