77 Sullivan Street

SoHo | built 1878

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

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1862
Architect John M. Forster, who designed 77 Sullivan, practices in New York by 1862 and through 1888
The landmarks report notes that John M. Forster set up an architectural practice in the city by 1862 and worked until 1888. Besides the tenement at 77 Sullivan Street, he is known for a brick parsonage for the Eighth Presbyterian Church in Greenwich Village, finished in 1868, and for several residential buildings on the East Side. He also designed an Italianate store and loft building in Tribeca in 1867.
“John M. Forster established an architectural practice in New York City by 1862 and practiced through 1888.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1878
John M. Forster designs a neo-Grec tenement at 77 Sullivan Street for owner John Henison
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Architect John M. Forster designed this pre-law tenement for John Henison, and it was filed with the Buildings Department in 1878. The brick front has fluted cast-iron piers flanking the ground floor, metal window lintels with rosette ornament, and star-shaped tie-rod plates on the lower four floors. The landmarks report finds the building largely intact above the ground story.
“…designed by John M. Forster and built in 1878…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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