Architectural style
Federal architecture appears in Manhattan's early houses and civic buildings.
City Hall, Hamilton Grange, and the Edward Mooney House offer places to start. Compare their proportions, entrances, and decorative details.
69 building histories
Residential · 1922-23
116 East 80th Street, New York, NY
This residence of elegant simplicity designed in the Federal Style is four stories high, with an English basement. It is built of red brick laid in Flemish bond. The rather austere character of the building is soon...
Read the storyResidential · 1832
116 Sullivan Street, New York, NY
The front of this Federal style house is of red brick, laid up in Flemish bond. The original pitched roof was doubtless of slate but the house was raised two stories in 1872. The present window lintels, with their heavy...
Read the storyResidential · 1828-29
127 Macdougal Street, New York, NY
The rowhouses at 127, 129 and 131 MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village were constructed c. 1828-29 in the Federal style, characterized by its 2-1/2-story height, Flemish bond brickwork, low stoop with wroughtironwork,...
Read the storyResidential · 1834
131 Charles Street, New York, NY
This charming, early Nineteenth Century two-story brick house with peaked roof, delicate dormers and high basement, is one of the few remaining examples of the small comfortable Federal street houses, once so abundant...
Read the storyResidential · 1830-31
143 Allen Street, New York, NY
The Federal style row house at 143 Allen Street was constructed c. 1830-31 as a speculative investment by George Sutton, a ship captain and counting house merchant. Originally part of a group of six similar residences,...
Read the storyResidential · 1827
145 8th Avenue, New York, NY
These modest rowhouses at 145-147 Eighth Avenue are a pair of highly intact 3 1/2 story Federal style houses constructed 1827 for owner Aaron Dexter, a dry goods merchant, who retained ownership of the property until...
Read the storyResidential · 1927-28
15 E 90th Street, New York, NY
This charming neo-Federal house was built in 1927-28 and designed by architect Mott B. Schmidt. Schmidt had also used this popular style several years earlier in the Sutton Place development.
Read the storyResidential · 1858
152 East 38th Street, New York, NY
Elegance and charm are abundantly evident in the architectural quality of this three-story Federal style brick house. Separated from the street by a spacious forecourt and an inner landscaped garden, this outstanding...
Read the storyResidential · 1833
190 Grand Street, New York, NY
Built c.1833, the rowhouse at 190 Grand Street was built as a grand, late Federal style residence at a time when this neighborhood, now known as Little Italy, was an affluent residential quarter. Evidence indicates that...
Read the storyResidential · 1833
192 Grand Street, New York, NY
Built c.1833, the rowhouse at 192 Grand Street was built as a grand, late Federal style residence at a time when this neighborhood, now known as Little Italy, was an affluent residential quarter. Evidence indicates that...
Read the storyCommercial · 1811-12
195 Front Street, New York, NY
Forming a part of Schermerhorn Row, this handsome Federal style building is architecturally similar to it and is of equal height, with the uniform cornice line connecting it with the equally handsome hipped-roof corner...
Read the storyResidential · 1834
203 Prince Street, New York, NY
This handsome townhouse at No. 203 Prince Street was built in 1833-34. Its style is transitional from Federal to Greek Revival. The original owner, John P. Haff, listed in the city directories as a leather inspector,...
Read the storyResidential · 1804
25 Harrison Street, New York, NY
This house is one of six Federal houses which compose a group that is unique in New York City. Nowhere else is there a survival of this many houses of this style-all of which retain their original pitched roofs and...
Read the storyResidential · 1827
263 Henry Street, New York, NY
This four-story modified Federal town house retains at first floor and basement levels much of its fine original appearance. Some of the details such as the stair rails and the two tall windows beside the door are good...
Read the storyResidential · 1827
265 Henry Street, New York, NY
This handsome Federal three-story town house with basement retains much of its original appearance, including its original doorway and iron railing in front. The building is a good example of Federal architecture, its...
Read the storyResidential · 1829
281 East Broadway, New York, NY
This relatively modest Federal style rowhouse is a rare survivor of its type and era. Built about 1829 as one of a group of three for Isaac Ludlam, a New York City surveyor, the house occupies a twenty-foot wide lot on...
Read the storyResidential · 1827
29 Harrison St, New York, NY
This house is one of six Federal houses which compose a group that is unique in New York City. Nowhere else is there a survival of this many houses of this style - all of which retain their original pitched roofs and...
Read the storyResidential · 1826
32 Dominick Street, New York, NY
The 32 Dominick Street House was one of twelve Federal style brick row houses (nos. 28 to 50) built c. 1826 on the south side of Dominick Street between Hudson and Varick Streets; and was one of five houses (No. 28 to...
Read the storyResidential · 1826
34 Dominick Street, New York, NY
The 34 Dominick Street House was one of twelve Federal style brick row houses (Nos. 28 to 50) built c. 1826 on the south side of Dominick Street between Hudson and Varick Streets; and was one of five houses (Nos. 28 to...
Read the storyResidential · 1826
36 Dominick Street, New York, NY
The 36 Dominick Street House was one of twelve Federal style brick row houses (Nos. 28 to 50) built c. 1826 on the south side of Dominick Street between Hudson and Varick Streets; and was one of five houses (Nos. 28 to...
Read the storyResidential · 1828
39 Harrison Street, New York, NY
This house is one of six Federal houses which compose a group that is unique in New York City, Nowhere else is there a survival of this many houses of this style - all of which retain their original pitched roofs and...
Read the storyResidential · 1849-50
437 West 24th Street, New York, NY
This row of houses was erected by Philo V. Beebe, a neighborhood builder, as part of a long row of handsome, mid-19th century three-story houses. Set behind landscaped front yards, 15 feet deep, the row now affords a...
Read the storyResidential · 1818-19
480 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
The red brick double building at 480 Greenwich Street/502 Canal Street is part of a rare surviving cluster of early nineteenth-century structures in lower Manhattan on a block partially created on landfill and located...
Read the storyResidential · 1823
486 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
The modest rowhouse at No. 486 Greenwich Street was constructed c. 1823 in the Federal style, characterized by its 2-1/2-story height, second-story Flemish bond brickwork and fenestration, peaked roof, and pedimented...
Read the storyResidential · 1823
488 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
The modest rowhouse at No. 488 Greenwich Street was constructed c. 1823 in the Federal style, characterized by its 2-1/2-story height, brick cladding, second-story fenestration, peaked roof, and pedimented dormer. By...
Read the storyResidential · 1826
506 Canal Street, New York, NY
The red brick building at 506 Canal Street is part of a rare surviving cluster of early nineteenth-century structures in lower Manhattan on a block partially created on landfill located close to the Hudson River...
Read the storyResidential · 1826
508 Canal Street, New York, NY
The brick building at 508 Canal Street is part of a rare surviving cluster of early nineteenth-century structures in lower Manhattan on a block partially created on landfill located close to the Hudson River waterfront....
Read the storyReligious · 1824-25
51 Market Street, New York, NY
The 51 Market Street House is a very fine urban example of the Late Federal Style of architecture. This house exemplifies the architecture of the newly-created Republic, superceding the heavier Georgian Style. This...
Read the storyResidential · 1827-28
511 Grand Street, New York, NY
Built ca. 1827-28 as an investment property by James Lent and Henry Barclay, the rowhouse at 511 Grand Street is a remarkable, rare surviving example of the Federal-style house in Manhattan. Shaped by the irregular foot...
Read the storyResidential · 1827-28
513 Grand Street, New York, NY
Built ca. 1827-28 as an investment property by James Lent and Henry Barclay, the rowhouse at 513 Grand Street is a remarkable, rare surviving example of the Federal-style house in Manhattan. The modest, 17-foot wide...
Read the storyResidential · 1931
67 E 93rd Street, New York, NY
This charming house was built in 1931 end designed in a modified version of the popular neo-Federal style by the prestigious firm of Delano & Aldrich. It forms a cohesive architectural unit with the larger George F....
Read the storyResidential · 1928-29
69 East 93rd Street, New York, NY
This unusual residence was part of the George F. Baker, Jr. Mansion, an outstanding example of the modified Federal Style, as applied to an early Twentieth Century town house of the first rank. The dignified two-story...
Read the storyResidential · 1819
83 Sullivan St, New York, NY
This Federal style house, and its neighbor No. 85, have unusually fine door ways which were generally the most important architectural features of the houses of this period. Elegant and understated they typify the...
Read the storyResidential · 1819
85 Sullivan St, New York, NY
This Federal style house, and its neighbor No. 83, have unusually fine doorways which were generally the most important architectural features of the houses of this period. Elegant and understated, they typify the...
Read the storyCommercial · 1811-12
91 South Street, New York, NY
Forming a part of Schermerhorn Row, this Federal style building was remodeled in the eighteen-sixties when it was increased to five stories in height. Today it has lost the heavy bracketed cornice which was added when...
Read the storyCommercial · 1811-12
92 South Street, New York, NY
Forming a part of Schermerhorn Row, this building with its handsome Flemish bond brickwork, was increased to six stories in height with mansard roof and dormers to make it a hotel. This change took place in the lite...
Read the storyResidential · 1799-1800
94 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
The Federal style rowhouse at No. 94 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan was constructed c.1799-1800 as an investment property, right after this block was created through landfill and Greenwich and Rector Streets had...
Read the storyResidential · 1799
421 East 61st Street, New York, NY
The charm of this Federal style stone stable converted into a comfortable headquarters for the Colonial Dames is to be found in its superb masonry construction and its excellent proportions. The sharp profiles of the...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1905
120 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
When Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White, designed this handsome Federal Eclectic building in 1905, his client was the Colony Club, the first women's organization in New York City to build itself a club house for...
Read the storyCivic · 1869-70
215 East 49th Street, New York, NY
Amster Yard is a picturesque, L-shaped courtyard and is one of the most charming enclosures in the City. Like the exterior of the street facades the brick walls facing the garden have all been altered. The architectural...
Read the storyResidential · 1913-14
49 E 68th Street, New York, NY
This house adjoins and may be considered a part of that outstanding group of neo-Federal townhouses which extends along the west side of Park Avenue, between East 68th and 69th Streets. The houses on Park Avenue are...
Read the storyReligious · 1826
7 Willett Street, New York, NY
This severely plain building of the late Federal Period is one of the few of its type remaining in New York City. The simple exterior, built of cut stone, is pleasing with its great strength and dignity. The three...
Read the storyResidential · 1909-11
680 Park Avenue, New York, NY
This house is a part of that outstanding group of neo-Federal townhouses which extends along the west side of Park Avenue, between East 68th and 69th Streets, sometimes referred to as the "Pyne-Davison Blockfront" due...
Read the storyCivic · 1802-11
260 Broadway, New York, NY
The New York City Hall is the most beautiful city hall in the United states.
Read the storyResidential · 1916-17
690 Park Avenue, New York, NY
This house is a part of that outstanding group of neo-Federal townhouses which extends along the west side of Park Avenue, between East 68th and 69th Streets, sometimes referred to as the 'Pyne-Davison Blockfront" due...
Read the storyResidential · 1832
20 St. Mark's Place, New York, NY
In the Early Nineteenth Century, St. Mark’s Place (formerly known as Eighth Street) was one of the most elegant residential streets in the City. The Daniel Leroy House is one of an entire bloekfront erected in 1832 on...
Read the storyResidential · 1818-19
310 Spring Street, New York, NY
Located just north of Tribeca and a few blocks from the Hudson River, the Dennison and Lydia Wood House stands at the northern edge of Lispenard’s Meadows, a former marsh that extended for several blocks along...
Read the storyResidential · 1906-04
17 West 56th Street, New York, NY
The Edith Andrews Logan residence was originally designed and constructed in 1870 by the prolific architect-builder John G. Prague as part of a row of fourstory- and-basement, single-family brownstone row houses....
Read the storyResidential · 1785-89
18 Bowery, New York, NY
This is the only known town house surviving in Manhattan which dates from the period of the American Revolution. It was built between 1785 and 1789. The house stands on its original site, at the southeast corner of Pell...
Read the storyResidential · 1929-30
120 East 80th Street, New York, NY
The formal dignity of the Federal Style is evident in the character of the Twentieth Century town house. The virtues of the style are found in its excellent proportions, the refinement of its details, the quality of...
Read the storyResidential · 1799-1801
E 88th St & East End Ave, New York, NY
Located in Carl Schurz Park on the East River at East Eighty Eighth Street is one of the finest Federal Style country seats remaining to us from that early period. Standing on a promontory, once known as "Gracie's...
Read the storyResidential · 1801
287 Convent Avenue, New York, NY
The almost square architectural mass of Hamilton Grange is impressive in its symmetry and handsome proportions. Designed by one of the City's best early architects, John McComb, Jr., and incorporating features suggested...
Read the storyResidential · 1831
4 St. Mark's Place, New York, NY
The large town house at 4 St. Mark’s Place in the East Village section of Manhattan was constructed in 1831 in the Federal style, characterized and made notable by its unusual 26-foot width and 3-1/2-story height,...
Read the storyResidential · 1916-19
686 Park Avenue, New York, NY
This house is a part of that outstanding group of neo-Federal townhouses which extends along the west side of Park Avenue, between East 63th and 69th Streets, sometimes referred to as the "Pyne-Davison Blockfront" due...
Read the storyResidential · 1817
326 Spring Street, New York, NY
Talbot Hamlin, the great authority on American architecture, noted in connection with the Federal style: "New York developed a special type of dwelling... the type is a local one." The James Brown House is a modest...
Read the storyResidential · 1793-1806
7 State Street, New York, NY
This fine brick, Federal town house is significant as the last of the row of elegant town houses which once lined State Street. It is three stories high with an attic and is set on a stone basement. The unusual feature...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1913-15
2 East 62nd Street, New York, NY
Recognized as one of the finest examples of the neo-Federal style in New York City, the Knickerbocker Club Building was built between 1913 and 1915 by the fashionable architectural firm of Delano & Aldrich. Occupying a...
Read the storyResidential · 1913-15
1130 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The National Audubon Society occupies an outstanding example of early Twentieth Century residential architecture, designed in the best tradition of the American town house.
Read the storyResidential · 1914
100 East 85th Street, New York, NY
This large red brick town house is an exceptionally fine example of an early 20th Century town house designed in the neo-Federal style. It is located at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and East 85th Street. It was...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1930
14 Vesey Street, New York, NY
This building is four stories high, and above the third floor there is an attic story set back behind a handsome rail (balustrade) and roof deck. The building is an example of Federal Eclectic architecture. It is built...
Read the storyReligious · 1826
32 Prince Street, New York, NY
This Late Federal Style institutional building was a popular type in the post-Revolutionary period* This three story brick structure with attic and low basement, retains a great deal of its original character. Formal in...
Read the storyResidential · 1809-10
67 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
The large (nearly 41 by 62 feet), significantly intact Federal style town house at No. 67 Greenwich Street in lower Manhattan was constructed in 1809-10 when this was the most fashionable neighborhood for New York’s...
Read the storyCommercial · 1811–1812; later alterations
2–18 Fulton Street, New York, NY
Schermerhorn Row was built for merchant Peter Schermerhorn in the early 1810s to serve New York's growing port. Its brick buildings combined storage and trade along the waterfront, and the row survived the Great Fire of...
Read the storyResidential · 1925-26
684 Park Avenue, New York, NY
This house is a part of that outstanding group of neo-Federal townhouses which extends along the west side of Park Avenue, between East 68th and 69th Streets, sometimes referred to as the "Pyne-Davison Blockfront" due...
Read the storyResidential · 1816
149 Mulberry Street, New York, NY
The Stephen Van Rensselaer House is a good example of a small early Nineteenth Century Federal style house. The two story structure, with basement and attic, is typical of the modest dwellings described by Montgomery...
Read the storyResidential · 1803-04
21 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY
Twenty-One Stuyvesant Street is a brick Federal Style residence with three full floors and an attic. In its architecture, the Stuyvesant-Fish House displays beauty of proportion, notable restraint and those details that...
Read the storyResidential · 1840
Governor's Island, New York, NY
As is befitting the station and importance of an executive officer, The Admiral's House on Governors Island is an elegant late Federal style manor house of imposing scale. This porticoed, rectangular mansion with...
Read the storyArmory · 1847-51
830 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Arsenal in Central Park is a significantly important building both architecturally and historically. Standing proudly and serenely in a slight hollow about one hundred feet west of Fifth Avenue at 64th Street, this...
Read the storyCivic · 1919-21
123 W 43rd St, New York, NY
Characterized by one contemporary observer as "an idea with a roof over it" Town Hall was built in 1919-1921 as a meeting hall for the city of New York. The architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White was asked by the...
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