24 Avenue A, 148-152 2nd Street | Block : 398 | Lot #66

Building Date : 1915
Original Use : Residential/Commercial

Original Owner : Claws Realty and Construction Company, Inc.
Original Architect : Charles B. Meyers

Description & Building Alterations

Built in 1915 as a new law tenement by Charles B. Meyers, this six-story corner building replaced several early brownstones. Modestly ornamented, the building exhibits an eclectic style but demonstrates the changing trend toward a less ornate, more stylized, geometric ornamentation that would become popular during the Art Deco movement.

While it is not clear what the original shop was, by 1935 there was a furniture store in the building (like most of its neighbors on Avenue A), called Diamond & Cooperberg Colonial Furniture.

Block : 398 / Lot : 66 / Building Date : 1915 / Original Owner : Claws Realty and Construction Company, Inc. / Original Use : Residential/Commercial / Original Architect : Charles B. Meyers

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