38 West 10th Street
Greenwich Village | built 1858
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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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- 1858
James Renwick Jr. completes the English Terrace Row for banker James Lanier
Architect James Renwick Jr., who also designed Grace Church and St. Patrick's Cathedral, builds the row of brownstones at 20 to 38 West 10th Street between 1856 and 1858 for banker James F. D. Lanier. A communal cast-iron balcony ties the houses together, and each entry floor sits only two to three steps above the street in the English manner, without a tall stoop. The block is known then as English Terrace Row and later as Renwick Row.
Source: Ephemeral New York
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 38 West 10th StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
- The beauty of 10th Street’s English Terrace RowEphemeral New York
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