37 Bank Street
West Village | built 1837
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1837
Leather and shoe merchant Jonathan Ransom has No. 37 Bank Street built as a Greek Revival house
Leather and shoe merchant Jonathan H. Ransom, whose business stood at 86 Pearl Street, had No. 37 Bank Street erected in 1837. The brick house stands on a rusticated stone basement and rises three and a half stories, with dormers. The report singles out its anthemion-patterned transom bar and a wood fascia board with garlanded bull's-eye windows as distinguished Greek Revival details.
“Erected in 1837 for Jonathan H. Ransom, a leather and shoe merchant at 86 Pearl Street…”
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- Then & Now photos: 37 Bank StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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