83 Greene Street

also 132 Spring Street, 128 Spring Street | SoHo | built 1880

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

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1860
Stephen C. Foster lives with his family in an earlier building at 83 Greene Street
The LPC's SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District report notes that Stephen C. Foster lived with his family at No. 83 Greene Street in 1860. The house was an earlier building on this corner site, long before the present structure went up in 1879-80. The report gives this as a brief comment under the 83-85 Greene Street listing, which it cross-references to 128-132 Spring Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1880
February 7
Henry Fernbach completes a brick store building at 83-85 Greene Street for J. & L. Seasongood
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Work began on July 23, 1879, and ended on February 7, 1880. Henry Fernbach designed the building and Saul Lowden built it for J. & L. Seasongood, who are named as the original owners. It stood on the southwest corner of Spring and Greene Streets and held stores, with a brick facade. The report lists it as three bays wide.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1936
The top four stories of 128-132 Spring Street are removed, leaving a two-story building
In 1936 the upper four stories of this Fernbach-designed corner building, also known as 83-85 Greene Street, were taken down. New street-front walls were built for the two stories that remained. The LPC district report records the building as two stories and three bays, a much lower structure than the one completed in 1880.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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