81 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1900

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

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1841
A Greek Revival house goes up at 81 East 7th Street
Around 1841, a four-story Greek Revival house with a basement is built at 81 East 7th Street, with orange brick set off by brownstone trim. By 1843 the Merchant Marine Insurance Company owns it, valued at $4,000. In the 1870s the house gets a neo-Grec update, including sharp molded pediments over the parlor-level windows.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1914
October 27
Dr. Arthur Kozma resigns as American Party county chairman
Dr. Arthur Kozma, a Hungarian-born resident of 81 East 7th Street, is the Progressive leader of the Sixth Assembly District and chairman of the American Party's New York County Committee. On October 27, 1914, he resigns the chairmanship after discovering questionable dealings within the committee, including talk of backing District Attorney Whitman. In 1916 he is among the speakers at a mass meeting of Hungarian-born citizens pledging loyalty to the United States.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1929
August 29
A predawn fire kills three people at 81 East 7th Street
A fire breaks out around 2 a.m. on August 29, 1929, while the tenants are asleep. Charles Hollandell, 63, dies after throwing himself from a rear window, and two other people die on the sidewalk after firemen pull them out. At least ten residents are taken to the hospital.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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