Block 630
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Lot: part of 24
Address: 684 Greenwich St. (also 141-145 Christopher St.)
Completed: 1874 (as two buildings)
Original Owner: Thomas Broadway
Original Uses: western end: 2-story factory, eastern end: dwelling with store
Between 1871 and 1874: extensive alterations of an 1845 shed into two 2-story buildings. 1897: already assessed as one building. 1985 (Alt #3171): alteration of ground-floor façade. Currently: restaurant with multiple dwelling above.
Lot: part of 24
Address: 147 Christopher St.
N.B. # 1075 - 7/29/1871
Completed: 1871
Architect: Not named
Original Owner: Thomas C. Broadway
Original Use: multiple dwelling for 3 families with store below
Ground floor modified, lintels shaved, but façade appears to be otherwise intact..
Lot: part of 12
Address: 694 Greenwich St.
N.B. # 281 - 11/26/1945
Completed: 1946
Architect: William J. Minogue
Original Owner: St. Veronica's R. C. Church
Original Use: 2-car private garage
Lot: part of 12
Address: 270-274 W. 10th St.
N.B. # 1602 - 12/12/1884
Completed: 1886
Architect: D. J. Stagg
Original Owner: City of New York
Original Use: public school
Originally P.S. 107, then St. Veronica's R. C. Church's parochial school, now the Village Community School.
Lot: 29
Address: 157 Christopher St.
N.B. # 180 - 4/5/1904
Completed: 1904
Architect: F. Steigleiter
Original Owner: G and C. J. Kuper
Original Use: Offices
Converted to residential above with commercial below; with minor modifications to ground floor, façade is substantially intact..
Lot: 26
Address: 149-155 Christopher St.
N.B. # 1303 - 7/19/1889
Completed: 1890
Architect: John J. Deery
Original Owner: John E. Fitzharris
St. Veronica's R. C. Church
A highly unusual Czech-styled church, its spires still strike an extremely prominent profile on Christopher Street.
Lot: 24
Address: 686-690 Greenwich St.
Completed: 1868
Original Owner: William H. Milleman
Original Use: multiple dwelling with stores below
1868: erected as 3 adjoining buildings, each approx. 25 ft. wide. 1917 (Alt. #2396): already a single warehouse with store below. 1977 (Alt. # 934): entire building converted to residential.
Lot: 20
Address: 692 Greenwich St.
N.B. # 300 - 4/21/1868
Completed: 1868
Architect: John M. Forster
Original Owner: D. & W. H. Milleman
Original Use: pork packing house
1904 (Alt. #319): converted to lofts with store below. 1985 (Alt. #63): floors 2 to 5 converted to apartments. Windows altered to one large opening per floor.
661 (l.) and 659 (r.) Washington Street
Lot: 7
661 Washington St.
Alt. #1095 - 5/14/1885
Completed: 1885
Architect: Joseph Dunn
Original Owner: James Roon
Original Use: multiple dwelling
1885 (Alt. # 1095): "4-story factory converted into a 5-story dwelling with an entirely new façade."
Lot: 6
Address: 659 Washington St.
N.B. # 990 - 6/25/1885
Completed: 1886
Architect: A. B. Ogden and Son
Original Owner: Margaret Shoughnessay
Original Use: multiple dwelling for 10 families
Retains most original elements. Note basket-shaped fire escapes.
Lot:5
Address: 657 Washington St.
N.B. # 1077 - 8/10/1893
Completed: 1894
Architect: L. J. O'Connor
Original Owner: St. Veronica's R. C. Church
Original Use: Rectory
Currently serves as a hospice of the Missionaries of Charity; façade and stoop intact.
Lot: 9
Address: 278-280 West 10th Street
Completed: 2002
Architect: Leo J. Blackmun Associates
Original Owner: Village Community School
Original Use: School Addition
Built in 2002, this school addition matches the scale of the neighboring original, and sensitively relates to and updates the Victorian detailing and brickwork of the original. For these reasons, it is considered to merit inclusion in a hoped-for historic district designation.
655 (l.), 653 (middle), and 651 (r.) Washington Street
Lot: 4
Address: 655 Washington St.
Completed: 1829
Original Owner: Est. of Samuel Norsworthy
Original Use: dwelling with tailor shop below
Ground floor modified, fire escapes added, removal of cornice. No records.
Lot: 3
Address: 653 Washington St.
Completed: 1829
Original Owner: Est. of Samuel Norsworthy
Original Use: dwelling with shop below
1940 (Alt. #2603): addition of rear extension and possibly dormers combined. Currently: ground-floor is an office, upper floors are residential.
Lot: 2
Address: 651 Washington St.
Completed: 1829
Original Owner: Est. of Samuel Norsworthy
Original Use: dwelling with shop below
Fire escape added. Original storefront replaced. No records.
Lot: 1
Address: 159-163 Christopher St. (also 649 Washington St.)
N.B. # 233 - 4/5/1879
Completed: 1880
Architect: John B. Snook
Original Owner: Leora Lockwood
Original Use: multiple dwelling with stores below
Storefront modified, upper floors intact. One of New York’s earliest apartment buildings/model tenements; highly unusual balconies, original to building.
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