26 Second Avenue | Block : 443 | Lot #4

Building Date : 1850-59
Original Use : Residential/Commercial

Original Owner : Frederick Johnson
Original Architect : Unknown

Description & Building Alterations

Three buildings currently exist on this lot, with one in the front and two in the rear. The current building in the front part of the lot is a six-story tenement, with its sixth floor added between 1889 and 1906. The two rear buildings each have five stories.

The first building on this lot was built between 1841 and 1843. By 1846, a stable was also present on the lot and remained until 1850, when it was replaced by a second house built between 1850 and 1852. Two five-story tenements existed after 1859 in the front and rear of the lot, likely altered from the two three-story houses on site before 1859.

Two stores have occupied the first floor of the front building since at least 1906. The building’s facade retains the historic cornice and two pilasters framing the entrance doorway in addition to two pilasters, one on each side of the storefront. The storefront has been altered with pull-down security gates. The window lintels have also been removed.

In 1947, the storefront was converted into a launderette. Since then, it has been converted back into two stores.

Block : 443 / Lot : 004 / Building Date : 1850-59 / Original Owner : Frederick Johnson / Original Use : Residential/Commercial / Original Architect : Unknown

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