79 Charles Street

West Village | built 1866

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.

1867
Jeremiah Pangburn, first owner of 79 Charles Street, lives there a year before moving to Perry Street
William H. Hume's French Second Empire row of brick townhouses was first assessed in 1867. No. 79 went to Jeremiah Pangburn, who worked as an agent. He lived in the house for one year and then moved around the corner to Perry Street.
“No. 79 to Jeremiah Pangburn, agent, who lived here for a year before moving to the Perry Street side of the block…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1920
Poet Hart Crane lives at 79 Charles Street in 1920
Hart Crane, the poet best known for The Bridge, lived at 79 Charles Street in 1920. He is more often associated with Brooklyn Heights, where he spent more time and which inspired his most famous poems.
Source: Forgotten New York

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