9 Christopher Street
West Village | built 1886
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1886
John Davidson commissions a Queen Anne apartment house with shops at 9 Christopher Street
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In 1886 the firm A. B. Ogden & Son designed a five-story brick apartment building at 9 Christopher Street for John Davidson. Stores occupy the street level, and the upper floors show the influence of the Queen Anne style, including small terra cotta panels with classical swags beneath the windows. A heavy bracketed cornice crowns the front.
“With stores at street level, this five-story brick apartment house shows the influence of the Queen Anne style. Designed for John Davidson by A. B. Ogden & Son in 1886…”
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- Then & Now photos: 9 Christopher StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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