98 Second Avenue | Block : 447 | Lot #6

Building Date : 1842-43, 1873
Original Use : Residential

Original Owner : John Stuyvesant (1842-43), John Rubinstein (1873)
Original Architect : Unknown (1842-43), William Jose (1873)

Description & Building Alterations

This building was originally erected as a four-story Greek Revival-style row house in 1842-43. It was converted to Italianate during alterations designed by William Jose in 1873, during which the fifth story was added together with new lintels and an Italianate-style cornice. The two-story storefront was installed in 1897, with a new wrought-iron fire escape.

The present facade features molded window lintels, bracketed sills, and a bracketed pressed-metal cornice with dentils and frieze panels.

Block : 447 / Lot : 006 / Building Date : 1842-43, 1873 / Original Owner : John Stuyvesant (1842-43), John Rubinstein (1873) / Original Use : Residential / Original Architect : Unknown (1842-43), William Jose (1873)

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