803 Washington Street

also 803A Washington Street, 807 Washington Street | West Village | built 1920

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

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1841
Rowhouse goes up on land of the Johnson sugar-refining family, with a lumber dealer as first resident
Around 1841 a single-family rowhouse was built at 803 Washington Street, one of three on land belonging to William M. Johnson, Bradish Johnson and Lewis B. Griffen. William M. Johnson, a river captain, built the Magnolia plantation in Louisiana with George Bradish and later ran a sugar refinery on West 15th Street. His son Bradish Johnson was one of the original directors of Chemical Bank in 1844. No. 803 was first leased to Edward A. Green, a lumber dealer on West Street, who was its first resident.
“The first resident and lessee of No. 803 was Edward A. Green, a lumber dealer on West Street.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1922
A restaurateur's realty company buys the three rowhouses, adds a fourth floor and keeps an office at 803
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In 1922 the Namlaw Realty Corp., headed by James B. Woltman, acquired 803, 805 and 807 Washington Street. Architect Charles H. Briggs altered them, adding storefronts and a fourth story with a parapet on top. Woltman had an office at 803 for years, and in the 1940s and 1950s Beaird Sea Foods and its associated firms were tenants there, owned by the real estate investor Lee E. Beaird.
“They came under common ownership in 1922 through acquisition by the Namlaw Realty Corp. (James B. Woltman, president)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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