519 East 11th Street; 519-521 East 11th Street | Block : 405 | Lot #51

Building Date : 1888
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : Asher Weinstein
Original Architect : Herter Brothers

Description & Building Alterations

This old law tenement was once part of a row of three identical buildings (the one to the east was demolished in 1936). Each was built in 1888 and designed in the Queen Anne style by the Herter Brothers, who also designed the Eldridge Street Synagoge in 1887. The ground floor, which has been altered entirely, would have had a central raised doorway and stoop originally.

Block : 405 / Lot : 051 / Building Date : 1888 / Original Owner : Asher Weinstein / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : Herter Brothers

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