122 Avenue C | Block : 377 | Lot #7

Building Date : 1848
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : W.W. Denny*
Original Architect : Unknown

Description & Building Alterations

Tax records indicate that this building, originally a single-family rowhouse with a stoop, was constructed around 1848. It likely had Greek Revival features similar to no. 120 next door, but the facade has been completely re-clad in brick veneer at some point in the 20th century. During that alteration, the cornice was removed and the top floor was raised.

In 1915 owner Charles Lang of 52 East 91^st Street altered the interior partitions and constructed new water closets for the building which, at that time, housed a store and tenements. By 1953 the upper floors were vacant and the first floor was occupied by a butcher shop.

* The handwritten name in the original tax record is difficult to read; this is our best guess.

Block : 377 / Lot : 007 / Building Date : 1848 / Original Owner : W.W. Denny* / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : Unknown

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