79 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1846

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.

1846
A house owned by J. Sparrow and valued at $7,800 stands here by 1846
Tax records list a house at 79 East 7th Street for 1846, with J. Sparrow as owner and a value of $7,800; it was built after 1845. Maps from 1852 on show little change in its footprint, which suggests that this single-family house was later altered into the tenement standing today rather than replaced.
“Tax records indicate the existence of a house on this lot in 1846, owned by J. Sparrow and valued at $7,800 (constructed after 1845).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1876
The 1846 house at 79 East 7th Street gains a story and becomes a multiple dwelling
In 1876 architect William Jose altered the 1846 single-family house at 79 East 7th Street into a multiple dwelling, raising it from three to four stories. The old Greek Revival building is now classed as neo-Grec, with an oversized bracketed cornice of galvanized iron. A 1947 alteration later moved the main entrance down to the basement level.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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