84 Bedford Street

also 82 Bedford Street | West Village | built 1900

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  1. 1827

    A passage beside 84 Bedford leads back to Pamela Court and a house built for Albert Romaine

    The open passageway beside No. 84 Bedford Street once led to a rear building in a court known as Pamela Court. That building, listed as 58 Barrow Street, was put up in 1827 for Albert Romaine, whose family was related by marriage to the Demarests. The arched doorway at the side of No. 84 still marks where the passage ran before it was bridged over.

    “This passageway led to a rear building in "Pamela Court," known as No. 58 Barrow Street, built in 1827 for Albert Romaine.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1846

    Carman Benjamin B. Demarest has the corner house at 82 Bedford built in 1846

    In 1846 Benjamin B. Demarest, a carman (a local carter), had the corner house at 82 Bedford Street built. It began as a two- or three-story house and was raised to four stories before 1879, and by the mid-1800s it had a store on the ground floor. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that the Demarests were a French Huguenot family who, with the related Romaine and Blauvelt families, helped develop the Village.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1872

    No. 84 Bedford, a Demarest house, gets a third story and its side passage is bridged over

    No. 84 was built for Peter N. Demarest, also a carman, and was altered in the 1870s from a much earlier, narrower frame house with a brick front that may predate 1826. In 1872 the two-and-a-half-story house gained a third floor, and the open passageway at its right side was covered over. A fourth story had been added by 1900. A change in the brick bond above the first floor still marks the older fabric.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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