Charles C. Crane House

129 Bank Street | West Village | built 1855

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1. 1855

   Flour merchant Charles C. Crane builds a two-window-wide Greek Revival house at 119 Bank Street

   The Landmarks Commission describes the house as late Greek Revival, built in 1855 for the miller Charles C. Crane. It is three stories over a basement and only two windows wide, with a low stoop whose iron railings are probably original. Its windows keep their original small stone cornices, and a crisply detailed cornice crowns the front.

   “…built in 1855 for Charles C. Crane, a miller. Designed with handsome simplicity, this narrow house, two windows wide…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1855

   Volunteer firefighter John Patterson is the first resident of 129 Bank Street

   John Patterson, a volunteer firefighter with Engine Company No. 3, was the house's first resident. The city directory canvasser left with "name refused" every time he called for more than a decade, so it is unclear how long Patterson stayed. In 1867 a builder's office, Costigan & Steele, used the building at the rear of the yard.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1872

   Civil War brevet captain John H. Horsfall boards at Harriet Onions's house, 129 Bank Street

   Harriet Onions ran the house as a boarding house, though in a May 1873 Herald ad she described it as a private family home. One 1872 boarder was 30-year-old John H. Horsfall, a clerk born in Buffalo. He had joined the Union Army in 1863, was brevetted captain for gallantry at the storming of Fort Fisher, and became a National Guard major by the 1870s.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• The 1855 John Patterson House - 129 Bank StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
• Then & Now photos: 129 Bank StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now

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