103 East 10th Street | Block : 466 | Lot #56

Building Date : 1880
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : Dugro & Raegener
Original Architect : F.W. Klemt

Description & Building Alterations

Built as an Old-Law tenement, 103 East 10th Street was built in 1880 as a five-story brick building with brownstone front and designed by F.W. Klemt with a tin roof and galvanized iron cornice. The building underwent major alterations in 1962 and 1984 and the original facade was replaced.

Tiffany & Co. founder Charles Tiffany and his family, including son Louis Comfort Tiffany, lived in a previously existing building on this site from 1858 to 1860. Louis Comfort Tiffany, who lived here during his childhood, later became the first design director at Tiffany & Co. and an artist and designer best known for his work in stained glass. This is one of three East Village addresses in which the family lived; they previously lived at both 227 and 125 East 10th Street.

Block : 466 / Lot : 56 / Building Date : 1880 / Original Owner : Dugro & Raegener / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : F.W. Klemt

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