95 Avenue A
also 445 East 6th Street | East Village | built 1850
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1849
George Swartz builds an Italianate tenement at 95 Avenue A
Around 1849, George Swartz builds a four-story Italianate tenement at 95 Avenue A, on the corner of East 6th Street, with a small two-story building at the rear. The land had been held by John Jacob Astor and passed to William Astor. The facade today has a galvanized metal cornice, frieze, lintels, and sills.
- 1849
Nicholas Baker builds an Italianate tenement at 99 Avenue A
Around 1849, Nicholas Baker builds a four-story Italianate tenement at 99 Avenue A, on land also once owned by John Jacob Astor. Its upper-story window lintels and sills have since been shaved down and the lower stories resurfaced. The facade keeps a galvanized-iron cornice, frieze, and pediment.
Further reading
- 95 Avenue AVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 99 Avenue A; 445 East 6th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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