Map showing it's location in the old Sanborn maps as Block 388, Lot 57, 50' wide lot.
Photos of one of 3 or 4 keystones I removed from the building when it was abandoned, around 1977.
The building appears to have been subsequently renovated and is occupied today.
DOB New Building number: 233
Cost: $45,000
Address: 621-623 East 5TH ST
Description: 6-story brick tenement, 50'x 84'
Erected: 1913
Owner: Joseph and Herman Bauman, 61 East 4th st
Architect: Charles B. Meyers, 1 Union sq West
In 1937, New York City commissioned a new building for court and administrative purposes from architect Charles B. Meyers. Meyers worked extensively for New York City, especially during the 1930s, designing the Criminal courts building (with Harvey Wiley Corbett), the Department of Health Building, and several hospitals.
