277 Crown Street was constructed in 1872, and from 1872-1928, the estate and building was primarily owned by one person, and used as a private home. Beginning in 1928, George M. Clarke transformed it into a lodging house. From 1941-1959, the building has changed owners various times, offering furnished rooms for people. When A. Bunten owned the building, she was ordered to alter the tenement house by the Building Inspectors. Thus, she improved the exit fire escape facilities by constructing a new balcony on the 2nd floor level in the rear. From 1959 – 1964, the building was left vacant until Angelo Cavaliere occupied the space in 1963. He began to erect a masonry 1-story addition, which included a new steel platform, catwalk, and masonry fence, at the rear of the existing structure.



For the following year, Cavaliere erected a 2-story masonry vestibule addition in the front of the existing structure. Within this vestibule, a new framed stairway was added to the front exits of the second, third and fourth floors. Additionally, he altered the ground floor for his beauty salon, the Angelo’s Salon of Beauty. The remaining floors were occupied by various tenants. During 1970 – 1980, approximately eight tenants lived in the building at the same time. After 1980, the number of tenants had fallen from eight to two. From 1986 - 1987, Farricielli took over and made interior alterations and repairs to the beauty parlor. He also converted the housing into four dwelling units. In 1993, Farricielli opened a Hair and Skin Studio on the ground floor, while two occupants lived on the upper floors. From 2005-2007, America’s Best Promotional, a company that makes advertising promotional products, took over the ground floor business. Variant 13, an alternative clothing store, then briefly occupied the ground floor from 2007 -2008. As of 2015,  Pike International rents the building as multiple one bedroom apartments.