66 East 1st Street | Block : 443 | Lot #44

Building Date : 1946
Original Use : Commercial

Original Owner : Ben Troop
Original Architect : Ben J. Robinson

Description & Building Alterations

This lot is the site of a former six-story old law tenement building built in 1899 designed by the architect George Frederick Pelham, who is also responsible for many other buildings in the village. It was one of a series of three consisting of Nos. 64, 66, and 68 East 1st Street. The tenement was demolished in 1940 by the W.P.A. Labor Demolition Project and now a one-story brick garage built in 1946 exists on the lot.

Block : 443 / Lot : 044 / Building Date : 1946 / Original Owner : Ben Troop / Original Use : Commercial / Original Architect : Ben J. Robinson

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