Greenwich House

27 Barrow Street | West Village | built 1917

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

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1917
Delano & Aldrich complete Greenwich House's Barrow Street home
Greenwich House built its headquarters at 27 Barrow Street in 1916 and 1917 to designs by Delano & Aldrich. The seven-story building is faced in Flemish-bond brick in a neo-Federal style and rises about 90 feet. The designation report describes it as a community center.
Source: media.villagepreservation.org
1917
A theater space opens inside Greenwich House
A theater space opened in 1917 inside the new Greenwich House building at 27 Barrow Street. It later hosted the company SoHo Rep, and from 2003 it was leased to commercial producers.
Source: Wikipedia
2003
Producers open the Barrow Street Theatre as a commercial venue
From 2003 to 2018 the 199-seat theater at 27 Barrow Street was leased to Barrow Street Theatre, a commercial company run by producers Scott Morfee and Tom Wirtshafter. The Off-Broadway house staged hits including Tracy Letts's Bug, Buyer and Cellar with Michael Urie, and a revival of Sweeney Todd.
Source: Wikipedia
2018
September 1
Ars Nova takes over the Greenwich House theater on September 1
Barrow Street Theatre's lease on the theater at 27 Barrow Street ended in 2018. Ars Nova has operated the space since September 1 of that year, as Ars Nova at Greenwich House and Greenwich House Theatre. The departing producers rebranded as Barrow Street Theatricals and staged shows elsewhere.
Source: Wikipedia

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