94 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1896

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

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1896
Joseph Buttenwieser buys the lot and builds a Pelham-designed tenement, keeping one old side wall
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Joseph L. Buttenwieser bought the lot and its existing building in 1896 and was responsible for the new five-story Queen Anne tenement here, designed by George F. Pelham. The new building incorporated the eastern side wall of the earlier structure. Its features include a stepped, bracketed iron cornice, round-arched windows and original iron stoop railings.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1896
Developer Joseph Buttenwieser, builder of this tenement, is also a major philanthropist
The Landmarks Preservation Commission describes Buttenwieser as the American-born son of German Jewish immigrants who began a fifty-year career as a real estate operator in the late 1880s. He built and financed tenements in Lower Manhattan and Midtown, and he was also a major donor, supporting the Citizens Union and the Hebrew Technical Institute as well as the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies. Buttenwieser also served as a trustee of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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