One of a group of three buildings built by builder John Wilson. All three are described as "brown stone dwellings", although only basement is faced in brownstone. Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 370, April 17, 1875), 271.
Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 368, April 3, 1875), 233.
Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 366, March 20, 1875), 204.
Original address was Orchard Street. Described as Orchard Street, north side, 190' east of Norman Avenue. Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 368, April 3, 1875), 233.
Four-story Italianate tenement with cast-iron lintels and sills. Address at time of construction was 379 Grand Street. Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 368, April 3, 1875), 233.
Listed in Real Estate Record as 224 North 5th. According to Bromley atlas, the property to the west (now 224) was 222 North 5th Street. Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 367, March 27, 1875), 220.
Possibly part of a pair of buildings (152 Broadway, to the west, was heavily altered between 2005 and 2007). Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 366, March 20, 1875), 204.
Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 362, February 20, 1875), 137.
The theater consists of a one-story building fronting on Manhattan Avenue, which serves as the main entrance, and the two-story theater house located to the rear on Lorimer Street.