An analysis of the 1940 New York City Tax Department photograph of the Henry Street Settlement house as it appeared in the 1940s. The image was taken across the street, looking directly at the connected brick buildings which served as the Settlement headquarters, community center, and the original establishment. The buildings rise to 3 stories tall above raised basements and feature flat roofing with decorative, projecting stone cornices. There are evenly spaced multi-pane, rectangular windows framed by stone lintels. The center building features shuttered windows and a columned entrance with a wooden door, the entrance lined with iron railing leading to the sidewalk. To the left, there is a part of the neighboring building with a metal fire escape, and on the right, a taller building with rounded windows on its upper floors. Bare trees line the sidewalk, and an early automobile is parked in the foreground of the photograph. | Date: 26 July 2026 | Source: Written & Recorded by Abigail LewisDownload Original File