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The Northern Dispensary

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The Northern Dispensary
The Northern Dispensary This 1940s tax department photo shows the Northern Dispensary as the building on the right. You can see its triangular point as it stands alone on its own block. Source: New York City Municipal Archives Date: 1939-1941

"Beyond the park is the Northern Dispensary, a simple triangular brick building, erected about 1830, and curious for the fact that two of its sides are on one street (Waverly Place) and the third side on two streets (Christopher and Groove Streets) (NYC Guide, pp. 141)."

The Northern Dispensary served as a public health clinic (settlement house) until 1989.

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The Northern Dispensary
The Northern Dispensary This 1940s tax department photo shows the Northern Dispensary as the building on the right. You can see its triangular point as it stands alone on its own block. Source: New York City Municipal Archives Date: 1939-1941

Location

165 Waverly Place, New York

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Related Resources

  1. The WPA Guide to New York City : The Federal Writers’ Project Guide to 1930s New York. Pantheon Books, 1982.

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“The Northern Dispensary,” Tours of 1930s NYC, accessed October 23, 2024, https://faithcassandra.net/items/show/7.

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