407 East 12th Street; 407-409 East 12th Street | Block : 440 | Lot #7502

Building Date : 1945, 2003
Original Use : Commercial

Original Owner : Bloom & Krup
Original Architect : Joseph T. Furman

Description & Building Alterations

This five-story building was originally erected as a one-story store in 1945. It was raised to two stories in 1947 for a showroom space. During an alteration in 2003, it was raised to the current height and converted into a residential building. The present facade features a two-story high entrance opening, a cornice above the fifth story, rectangular lintels, and sills.

At the rear is an adjoining structure which is angled as a result of Stuyvesant Street which formerly extended east from its present-day location and at a thirty-plus degree angle to the New York City grid (see the Off Grid under additional resources).

This was previously Lots 55 & 56, and was converted to Lot 7502 in 2003.

Block : 440 / Lot : 7502 / Building Date : 1945 / Original Owner : Bloom & Krup / Original Use : Commercial / Original Architect : Joseph T. Furman

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