40 Bank Street
West Village | built 1851
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1870
No. 40 Bank Street gets a bracketed Neo-Grec cornice in the 1870s
When the three surviving houses of Reuben Wood's 1851 row were altered in the 1870s, each received an elaborate bracketed roof cornice in the Neo-Grec style. At No. 40 the cornice rests on brackets with bosses, and triglyphs sit between its panels. Exterior blinds were added to every window at a later date. Despite these changes, the house keeps the look of a late Greek Revival row house.
“At No. 40, the cornice is supported by brackets with bosses and triglyphs between panels. No. 40 has exterior blinds, added at a later date, on all the windows.”
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 40 Bank StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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