73-75 East 7th Street | Block : 449 | Lot #44

Description & Building Alterations

The two old-law tenements at 73 and 75 East 7th Street were originally built in 1897 by architect George Frederick Pelham on lots 44 and 45.

The buff-brick facade features decorative terra-cotta moldings and beltcourses throughout, decorative terra-cotta window lintels and entablatures, round arched windows at the fifth story, small corbelled balconettes  and decorative panels with foliate and cherub details at the fifth story, and  a bracketed metal cornice with a gardland frieze. The central entrance that accesses both buildings features engaged Doric pilasters supporting a molded entablature with foliate moldings. Historic fire escapes are found at the central two bays of each tenement. Original cast-iron storefront elements remain at first story, including the engaged pilasters with rinceaus and banding with rosette details that flank the storefronts.