Fitness to the People. The top floor of 305 East 10th Street, for example, was raised to full height sometime in the mid or late 19th century and a new Italianate-style cornice installed; this probably occurred in the 1870s after the building was sold off by its original owner, William F. Pinchbeck. It was one of the earliest Carnegie branch libraries in New York City and was part of a massive building program that began in 1901 when Andrew Carnegie donated $5. Accelerated precipitously following the collapse of Irish agriculture in 1845 and the failed revolutions in Germany in 1848, and in the following decade the city grew by an additional 57 percent to more than 800, 000 residents in 1860. Generations of his descendants are also found here. The houses are of plain and durable character, though it is clear that the builders of some of the more expensive ones hoped for a richer class of residents than that which occupies them. " In 1834 the land for the new park was acquired by the Common Council for $62, 000, and an additional expenditure of $20, 000 was approved to fill in the marshy ground and enclose it with "a good and sufficient fence. " East of the Bowery, the Stuyvesant family took a direct role in establishing the fashionable residential character of their former estate by selling their land to respected real estate developers. While the city was laying out and fencing in Tompkins Square in the 1830s, Davis was figuring out how to shore up the swampy ground under East 10th Street. The 14 apartments are a mixture of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units which are also fully renovated. 31. every expenditure which it may be necessary to advance.
The unimproved lots that remained on the block of East 10th Street into the early 1850s were therefore developed not with single-family row houses like their earlier neighbors, but rather with multi-family dwellings. A small section of Stuyvesant Street running between Second and Third Avenues was later adopted by the city in the 1820s, while the remainder of the family's property was ultimately developed according to the Commissioners' Plan. East Village), rental 300 sqft, Address: East 10Th Street, New York (10009), near subway station: 1 Avenue/14 Street (L). And while some of the entrance enframements were embellished with details indicating the influence of the Italianate mode, their basic form derived directly from the Greek Revival tradition with simple pilasters supporting heavy rectangular entablatures. The plaque is now back at its proper location, at. The neighborhood's shifting cultural scene also attracted new residents to the area. Development of Fashionable Row Houses on East 10th Street in the 1840s. St. Mark's Historic District.
An 1846 article in the New York Commercial Advertiser referred to "a new block of buildings opposite Tompkins square, not yet quite finished, erected under the superintendence of Mr. French [sic], " and noted that the houses offered "strong evidence" of "the improvement in architectural science which has. Marks Church in the Bowery |. 121: This 1899 apartment building with Romanesque. Edward Mills, an agent, rented the house at 301 East 10th Street from Thomas Crane.
Property values around the park did indeed begin to increase—in some instances from $600 per lot in 1834 to $1, 500 in 1835 to several thousand in 1836—but for the most part Davis. The property is zone R7A, C1-5. THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST 10th. Search for stock images, vectors and videos. Irish immigrants also had a presence in the Tompkins Square neighborhood, centered on St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church on the eastern edge of the park only a few blocks from the historic district. Property owners continued to invest in their buildings, not just maintaining but also occasionally updating them to accord with the latest architectural fashions. These "tenant houses, " or tenements, soon became a common feature in every immigrant neighborhood throughout the city. Human scale buildings and visual breaks in conformity certainly entertain those of us who like to see the world on foot. 325, which is set above a raised basement, they were not much taller than the earlier row houses. A lively neighborhood with an adventurous spirit that defines downtown living.
Alterations permits filed by architect Franklin Baylies in 1892 note that the window lintels were to be reset, that the lintels and sills were to be covered with galvanized iron, and that a new galvanized iron cornice was to be set across the front of both buildings. Russian & Turkish Baths |. Later, as the population swelled, tenements were constructed on some of the lots and rowhouses were converted into multi-family dwellings. 28 E. 10th Street at University Place. DePau Row, and Carroll Place. Previously on EV Grieve: Site of the Stuyvesant Pear Tree--because the. NYPL Tompkins Square Library |. Garcia worked in the city for 35 years. 301, which was erected as a speculative investment for Thomas Crane c. 1843-44.
Three of the buildings from this period associated with the. Yet the architectural character of the structures within the historic district continued to evolve throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries as owners altered and modernized their properties. The building is painted with black and white tiled hallways and constructed with wall moldings. 18-unit mixed-use property spanning 16, 786 SF. Avenue C & Szold Place. Second Avenue also became a favored location for elegant row house construction. 295, was a Scottish ship joiner, while Walter F. Brush of no.