805 Washington Street

also 805A Washington Street, 807 Washington Street | West Village | built 1920

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1. 1841

   Rowhouses at 805-807 Washington Street go up on land partly owned by a Village dock builder

   The rowhouses at 805 and 807 Washington Street were built around 1841 on land owned by the Johnson family and by Lewis B. Griffen, a dock builder who lived in Greenwich Village. An 1851 city directory lists David Williams, a carman, as resident of No. 805. By 1890 the houses were divided into multiple dwellings, and in 1922 they were altered with storefronts and an added fourth floor.

   “The other land owner of these houses, Griffen, was a dock builder who lived in Greenwich Village.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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