Stephen Van Rensselaer House | |
Location | 149 Mulberry Street, New York, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°43′8″N73°59′53″W / 40.71889°N 73.99806°W Coordinates: 40°43′8″N73°59′53″W / 40.71889°N 73.99806°W |
Built | c.1816 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 83001751 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 16, 1983 |
Designated NYCL | February 11, 1969 |
The Stephen Van Rensselaer House at 149 Mulberry Street between Grand and Hester Streets in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built c.1816 in the Federal style by Stephen Van Rensselaer III. It was originally located on the northwest corner of Mulberry and Grand, but in 1841 was moved down the block to its current location. The two-story dormered house is typical of Federal-style row houses which were common at the time in Manhattan below 14th Street. [2] [3]
The house was designated a New York City landmark in 1969, and in 1983 was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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75 Murray Street, also known as the Hopkins Store, is a historic building between West Broadway and Greenwich Street in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1857-58 and features a cast-iron facade in the Venetian Renaissance style from the foundry of James Bogardus, one of the earliest of the few remaining facades created by the self-described inventor of cast-iron architecture.
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The Jumel Terrace Historic District is a small New York City and national historic district located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It consists of 50 residential rowhouses built between 1890 and 1902, and one apartment building constructed in 1909, as the heirs of Eliza Jumel sold off the land of the former Roger Morris estate. The buildings are primarily wood or brick rowhouses in the Queen Anne, Romanesque and Neo-Renaissance styles. Also located in the district, but separately landmarked, is the Morris-Jumel Mansion, dated to about 1765.
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