404 East 10th Street | Block : 379 | Lot #11

Building Date : 1888
Original Use : Residential/Commercial

Original Owner : William Broadbelt
Original Architect : John C. Bunne

Description & Building Alterations

404 East 10th Street was built in 1888 as a 5-story tenement with first floor stores. The Neo-Grec building is 4-bays wide, and constructed of brick with stone window lintels and belt courses. The ground floor, which is still commercial space, has been altered, but the original columns are still visible. Above the commercial space, the building housed four families per floor for a total of 18 families in the building. A distinguishing feature of the building, the original cornice features a triangular pediment, dentil molding and angular brackets with the year of construction centered below the pediment.

Block : 379 / Lot : 011 / Building Date : 1888 / Original Owner : William Broadbelt / Original Use : Residential/Commercial / Original Architect : John C. Bunne

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