27 Bank Street

West Village | built 1857

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1857
Builders Linus Scudder and Henry Cathell finish an Italianate row of six brick houses, including No. 27
Linus Scudder, a mason-builder long active in the Village, and builder Henry L. Cathell put up Nos. 17-27 Bank Street in 1856-57. No. 27, at the end of the row, is one of the two that best show the original design: three stories on a rusticated basement, with a high, wide stoop and cast-iron railings in a wreath pattern. Its entrance has an eyebrow lintel over the segmental arch and carved outer doors.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1969
Actor and folk singer Theodore Bikel buys No. 27 Bank Street
By the time the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Greenwich Village Historic District in 1969, No. 27 Bank Street had recently been bought by Theodore Bikel. The commission's report calls him a well-known actor and folk singer and notes that a penthouse had been added to the house.
“A penthouse was added at No. 27, which was recently purchased by Theodore Bikel, the well known actor and folk singer.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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