9 Commerce Street

West Village | built 1826

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

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1826
Lawyer Charles Oakley builds four rental houses, and a carpenter takes No. 9
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Charles Oakley, an attorney and property owner who was an inspector in the old Ninth Ward's 1828 election, built a row of four brick houses at Nos. 9-15 Commerce Street as a speculation. All four were rented right away, and three of the tenants worked in the building trades. Archibald C. Brady, a carpenter, took No. 9. A petition by Oakley in April 1826 also led the Common Council to pave the street in front of the houses.
“…erected in 1826 for Charles Oakley for speculative purposes. The houses were all rented immediately to tenants ... Archibald C. Brady, carpenter, at No. 9…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1912
Subway construction wipes out Nos. 1 through 8, leaving No. 9 as Commerce Street's first house
A walker turning into Commerce Street from Seventh Avenue South meets No. 9 first, not No. 1. The buildings on both sides of Carmine Street, Nos. 1 to 8 Commerce among them, were destroyed in 1912 when the IRT subway was built and the new Seventh Avenue South laid out above it. No. 9 became the first house on the street.
Source: Forgotten New York

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