96 Bank Street
West Village | built 1839
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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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- 1839
The mason William Buckland builds 96 Bank Street in a row of three Greek Revival houses
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Nos. 92, 94 and 96 Bank Street were put up in 1838-39 on land the mason William Buckland bought at the end of 1838. He was taxed for Nos. 94 and 96, and may have worked with the carpenter George Youngs, who bought the corner lot. Later in the century the house was raised to three full stories, and No. 96 has since been joined to the corner house at 769 Greenwich Street.
“The row was built on land purchased at the end of 1838 by William Buckland, mason, who was taxed for Nos. 94 and 96…”
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- Then & Now photos: 96 Bank StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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