85 Charles Street

West Village | built 1868

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

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1868
Coal dealer Henry Kugeler builds three French Second Empire houses and lives in No. 85 Charles Street
Architect Henry Engelbert designed three French Second Empire houses built in 1868 for Henry Kugeler: No. 85 Charles Street, No. 87 (also 367 Bleecker Street), and its twin at 369 Bleecker Street. The latter two are early five-story apartment houses with mansard roofs. Kugeler, who was in the coal business, made No. 85 his own home. Its double-door entrance, framed in rope molding under a glass transom, is called a fine example of the period.
“No. 85 was the home of Mr. Kugeler, who was in the coal business.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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