99 2nd Avenue
East Village | built 1854
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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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- 1871
Louis Kappas has Julius Boekell turn the attic of 99 Second Avenue into a full floor
The row house dates from about 1852-54, built for William Trusslow or Charles J. Knight. In 1871 owner Louis Kappas had architect Julius Boekell build the attic out into a full story, copying the original detailing. By the late 1930s the stoop was gone and the basement had been raised to street level for a storefront.
“The attic story was built out into a full story in 1871; the original detailing was replicated (ALT 49-1871)…”
Further reading
- 99 Second AvenueVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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