Three-story wood-frame tenement, constructed in 1881. The building got a new facade (probably asphalt in a faux brick pattern) prior to 1940. Now vinyl sided, with California stucco at the ground floor.
Source: Real Estate Record & Builders Guide, vol. 28, no. 702 (August 27, 1881), 848.
This building was originally constructed as the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900, replacing the previous Leonard Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Union M.E. was the result of the merger of three local Methodist Episcopal churches - Leonard Street M.E. Church (founded in 1870), Powers Street M.E. Church and Gothic M.E.
Building information: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide, July 11, 1914.
Demolished circa 2017 to 2019. Original construction information from Real estate record and builders' guide (v. 69, no. 1784: May 24, 1902), page IX.
Part of the Eberhard Faber Historic District. The only building in the district that was not purpose-built as a factory for the Eberhard Faber Pencil Co.
Source: Real Estate Record & Builders Guide, vol. 28, no. 702 (August 27, 1881), 848.
“Buildings Projected,” Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide 19, no. 477 (n.d.): 365.
Originally constructed as a three story building, the top floor was removed after 1940. “Buildings Projected,” Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide 19, no. 479 (n.d.): 413.
“Buildings Projected,” Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide 19, no. 484 (n.d.): 514.
This building at 125 Eagle Street looks like it was once something, and sure enough it was. It was built in 1891 as the Children's Mission, a project of the Greenpoint Reformed Church on Kent Street. The Mission was established on November 20, 1881 as a Sunday school occupying a storefront on Eagle Street.
