Federal-Era Row Houses

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Read blog posts about Federal-era row houses

A special part of Village Preservation’s mission is the documentation and preservation of Federal Era (1790-1835) rowhouses in Lower Manhattan. Village Preservation has successfully advocated for landmark designation of more than one hundred twenty-five federal rowhouses throughout Lower Manhattan, as individual landmarks, and within historic districts. We have also successfully nominated nearly one hundred federal rowhouses to the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

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Letters & Docs
Response from Landmarks Preservation Commission and Department of Buildings on 14/16/18 Gay Street and 16/18/20 Christopher Street 03/28/2024
Village Preservation Testimony Regarding 131 Charles Street 01/10/2023
Testimony on 131 Charles Street by Councilmember Bottcher, Assemblymember Glick, State Senator Kavanagh 01/10/2023
Letter to LPC requesting re-calendaring of 206 Bowery 02/14/2018
57 Sullivan LPC Designation Report 04/12/2016
57 Sullivan Street LPC Research File
2 Oliver Street LPC Fact Sheet
2 Oliver Street LPC Research File
138 Second Avenue LPC Fact Sheet
138 Second Avenue LPC Research File
Letter from Village Preservation and elected officials to LPC 08/20/2003
Letter from District 2 Councilwoman to LPC
Letter from Manhattan Community Board 2 to LPC
Letter from Village Presrevation to LPC Opposing Mass De-Calendaring of Buildlings
Letter Expressing Concern over De-Calendaring Vote 11/26/2014
Reports & Analysis
REPORT: Federal Houses Landmarked or Listed on the State & National Registers of Historic Places, 1999-2017
32 Dominick Street Landmark Designation Report 03/27/2012
34 Dominick Street Landmark Designation Report 03/27/2012
36 Dominick Street Landmark Designation Report 03/27/2012
Dennison and Lydia Wood House, 310 Spring Street Landmark Designation Report 03/27/2012
488 Greenwich Street Landmark Designation Report 07/24/2007
486 Greenwich Street Landmark Designation Report 07/24/2007
Hamilton-Holly House, 4 St. Mark’s Place Landmark Designation Report  10/19/2004
127 MacDougal Street Landmark Designation Report 06/08/2004
129 MacDougal Street Landmark Designation Report 06/08/2004
131 MacDougal Street Landmark Designation Report 06/08/2004
Proposal for Landmark Designation of 13 Federal Houses in Lower Manhattan by the NY Landmarks Conservancy and Village Preservation, 2002
83 and 85 Sullivan Street Landmark Designation Reports and State & National Designation Report and Photos 10/06/1980
116 Sullivan Street Landmark Designation Report 05/15/1973
James Brown House, 326 Spring Street Landmark Designation Report and State & National Designation Report and Photos 11/19/1969
131 Charles Street Landmark Designation Report and State & National Designation Report 04/19/1966
Old Merchant's House, 29 East 4th Street Landmark Designation Report and State & National Designation Report and Photos 10/14/1965
Hamilton Fish House, 21 Stuyvesant Street Landmark Designation Report and State & National Designation Report and Photos 10/14/1965

Updates

  • August 29, 2024

    New Historic Image Archive Collection: Susan De Vries — Federal Rowhouses in Lower Manhattan and Architecture Collection, Part II

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  • January 10, 2023

    Facing Broad Opposition, Landmarks Balks at Plan for Massive Excavation and Alterations at 131 and 131 1/2 Charles Street

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  • January 6, 2023

    Troubling Plan for Iconic Landmarked 1834 House at 131 Charles Street Comes Before Landmarks Tuesday — Join Us to Oppose!

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