Architectural style
Bracketed cornices and decorated facades distinguish many of Manhattan's Italianate houses.
Look closely at the cornices and window details of neighboring houses. Compare how similar forms vary across a row.
30 building histories
Residential · 1861
157 East 78th Street, New York, NY
There is a charm and sparkle in the appearance of this four-story red brick house with painted stone trim at 157 East 78th Street* Standing next to two other similar row houses and sharing a party wall with its easterly...
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158 East 78th Street, New York, NY
There is a charm and sparkle in the appearance of this three-story red brick house with painted stone trim at 159 East 78th Street. Standing between two other similar row houses and sharing party walls with its...
Read the storyResidential · 1852-53
160 East 92nd Street, New York, NY
A rare surviving remnant of the early years of the village of Yorkville, the 160 East 92nd Street House (1852-53) is a two-and-a-half-story vernacular clapboard dwelling which displays elements of the Greek Revival and...
Read the storyResidential · 1861
161 East 78th Street, New York, NY
There is a charm and sparkle in the appearance of this three-story red brick house with painted stone trim at 161 East 78th Street. Standing at the eastern end of two other similar row houses and sharing party walls...
Read the storyResidential · 1861
165 East 78th Street, New York, NY
Subdued charm and warm mellowness pervade these three-story red brick houses with painted stone trim at 163 and 165 East 78th Street. Standing next to three other row houses and sharing a party wall with their...
Read the storyCarriage House · 1860
171 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
The 171 East 73rd Street Building is one of only two surviving Italianate style rowhouses on East 73rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues. The house was originally one of a row of six modest brick houses...
Read the storyCarriage House · 1860
175 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
The 175 East 73rd Street Building is one of only two surviving Italianate style rowhouses on East 73rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues. The house was originally one of a row of six modest brick houses...
Read the storyResidential · 1861-65
208 East 78th Street, New York, NY
This charming house at No. 208 is one of a row of six surviving houses (Nos. 208-218) built between 1861 and 1865 as a speculative venture for several Successive developers. As such, they may be seen as representative...
Read the storyResidential · 1866
314 East 53rd Street, New York, NY
The 314 East 53rd Street House, located on the south side of 53rd Street between First and Second Avenues, was constructed in 1866. It was built, along with its identical neighbor at 312 East 53rd Street, by Robert and...
Read the storyCommercial · 1869-70
319 Broadway, New York, NY
Located on the northwest corner of Broadway and Thomas Street, 319 Broadway is a distinguished cast-iron Italianate-style building and the survivor of the mirror-image pair at 317 and 319 Broadway known in recent years...
Read the storyResidential · 1853
326 E 18th Street, New York, NY
A charming row of three brick Italianate residences (Nos. 326-330). This low-lying two-story row is set far back from the street behind exceptionally deep front yards, a great rarity in Manhattan.
Read the storyCommercial · 1852
359 Broadway, New York, NY
No. 359 Broadway, on the west side of Broadway between Leonard and Franklin streets, is a distinguished early Italianate commercial building constructed in 1852, a time when this section of Broadway was the city's most...
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 storyCommercial · 1857-59
63 Nassau Street, New York, NY
The 5-story, Italianate style cast-iron front facade on the building at No. 63 Nassau Street was almost certainly produced c. 1857-59 by James Bogardus, the pioneer of cast iron architecture in America, making it an...
Read the storyCommercial · c. 1865
75 Murray Street, New York, NY
Conspicuous for its fine design and structural details, this five-story commercial building is a good example of the Italianate style of cast-iron architecture. This strikingly handsome facade, with its superimposed,...
Read the storyCommercial · 1856-57
107 Chambers Street, New York, NY
The Cary Building, built in 1856-57, is one of New York's most important 19th-century commercial structures. Designed by one of New York's most prominent firms specializing in commercial architecture, with cast-iron...
Read the storyCommercial · 1856
492 Broadway, New York, NY
This attractive five-story building, located on a corner site, has two cast-iron fronts designed in the Anglo-Italianate manner, with arched windows set between columns. The windows are reminiscent of those of...
Read the storyCivic · 1924
33 Liberty Street, New York, NY
This enormous building occupies an entire city block; it is fourteen stories high and has five stories below grade. The remarkable stone exterior is reminiscent of an early Italianate Renaissance palace with the...
Read the storyEducational · 1853-59
30 Cooper Square, New York, NY
The main building of Cooper Union is one of those proud buildings on the American Scene which may rightly take its place with the pioneer buildings of all lands. It was here that innovations were made both in the...
Read the storyReligious · 1859
144 East 20th Street, New York, NY
The Friends Meeting House is a two-story building with basement. It is a restrained and successful example of Anglo-Italianate architecture. Its calculated restraint and understatement reflect the English component in...
Read the storyCommercial · 1851-54
1 Hanover Square, New York, NY
One of the finest buildings of the Anglo-Italianate Style in New York City is India House, built for the Hanover Bank between 1851 and 1854. This building has played an important role in the commercial life of New York,...
Read the storyResidential · 1853
231 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
This three-story brownstone Anglo-Italianate mansion is one of the finest in the City. The house is memorable as the residences of J.P. Morgan Jr., one of the most eminent citizens of his time and one of our great...
Read the storyReligious · 1841
44 John Street, New York, NY
John Street Methodist Church is a fine small church with an outstanding Anglo-Italianate facade. The church has remained virtually untouched in the heart of the financial district since it was built over a century ago....
Read the storyResidential · 1869
46 West 55th Street, New York, NY
The Joseph B. and Josephine H. Bissell House was originally constructed as one of five Italianate style brownstone row houses designed by architect Thomas Thomas and built in 1869 by owner and builder John W. Stevens....
Read the storyResidential · 1869
20 East 127th Street, New York, NY
This modest brownstone rowhouse, built in 1869, was designed in the Italianate style by architect Alexander Wilson. Built by two real estate developers, James Meagher and Thomas Hanson, it is typical of rowhouses built...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1847-48
171 Grand Street, New York, NY
Located on a prominent site on Grand Street, between Centre and Baxter Streets, the Odd Fellows Hall was designed by the architectural firm of Joseph Trench and John Butler Snook. Built in 1847-46, it is an early and...
Read the storyResidential · 1852
231 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
The Phelps Stokes - J. P. Morgan, Jr. House is a rare surviving freestanding mansion in midtown Manhattan, recalling the initial residential development of Murray Hill. Notable for its associations with two prominent...
Read the storyEducational · 1855
34 East 12th Street, New York, NY
Located on the south side of East 12th Street between Broadway and University Place, this building originally housed Grammar School 47, which was one of the first New York City schools built exclusively for the...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1853
47 5th Avenue, New York, NY
Of all the mansions which once lined Fifth Avenue, from Washington Square to Central Park., only this one remains to display its original character; It is now the home of the Salmagundi Club.
Read the storyCivic · 1861-1881
52 Chambers Street, New York, NY
The Tweed Courthouse, although associated by name and history with one of New York's most notoriously corrupt city governments, is architecturally one of the city's grandest and most important civic monuments. Built...
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