78 Christopher Street
West Village | built 1889
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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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- 1889
E. L. Angell designs a Romanesque Revival apartment house at 78-80 Christopher Street for John Ryan
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In 1889 the architect E. L. Angell designed this five-story apartment house for the owner John Ryan, in the late Romanesque Revival style. Brick walls rise above a stone first floor, broken by wide stone band courses and round-arched windows at the third floor, and the center section projects forward under a steep gable. The 1969 landmarks report calls it a fine example of the style.
“Built in 1889, this late Romanesque Revival apartment house was designed by E. L. Angell for John Ryan.”
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 78-80 Christopher StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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