68 East 1st Street | Block : 443 | Lot #41

Description & Building Alterations

This seven-story brick tenement building was erected in 1899 by owner Benedict Klein. The building has the same design as the buildings on lots 20, 35 and 48, all by the same architect, George Frederick Pelham, and was constructed as part of a series of three along with the buildings on lots 44 and 45, which have been demolished. It was to be occupied by 30 families and stores on the ground floor.

The facade features decorated window lintels, both pedimented and arched. They are different on each floor, and the floors are separated by beltcourses. The modillioned and bracketed cornice remains. In 1937, the original stoop entrance was removed and a new lobby entrance in the basement was created. The old entrance was infilled with a decorative brick pattern. That same year, the number of families on each floor was decreased.