Block 604A 

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Lot Number:  1001-1084

Address:  164-174 Christopher St. (also 130-142 Barrow St.)

N.B.:  50-3/27/1931

Completed:  1931

Architect:  Nathan Rotholz

Original Owner:  Barrow St. Corp.

Original Use:  Public Garage.

1980 (Alt. #567): converted to a multiple dwelling, realignment and replacement of windows, removal of a stepped parapet, addition of duplex penthouses.

Lot Number:  30

Address:  144-148 Barrow St.

N.B.:  128-8/14/1918

Completed:  1918

Architect:  George M. McCabe

Original Owner:  Thomas F. Farrell

Original Use:  Garage

176 (l.) and 178 (r.) Christopher Street

Lot:  7

Address:  176 Christopher St.

N.B.:  169 - 2/20/1885

Completed:  1885

Architect:  Christian F. Ridder, Jr.

Original Owner:  Joseph Wills

Original Use:  multiple dwelling with store below

twin to 178 Christopher St; ground floor cast-iron columns bear the raised identifying stamp "Lewis Fink Jr. -- 145 Perry St."

Lot:  6

Address:  178 Christopher St.

N.B.:  169 - 2/2/0/1885

Completed:  1885

Architect:  Christian F. Ridder, Jr.

Original Owner:  Joseph Wills

Original Use:  multiple dwelling with store below

twin to 176 Christopher St., upper-floor windows blocked in, storefront boarded up, Currently undergoing renovation of unknown dimensions.

Lot:  3

Address:  180 Christopher St. (also 386 West St.)

N.B.:  906 - 5/5/1888

Completed:  1888

Architect:  John B. Franklin

Original Owners:  McKeever Bros.

Original Use:  hotel and boarding house

originally called the Great Eastern Hotel, then the Palace Hotel, the Hotel Christopher and the River Hotel, now Bailey-Holt House, one of four surviving waterfront hotels in the area along West Street.  1888: "A 5-story hotel of 1858… almost doubled in size and its façade redone when 2 adjoining buildings… were added." 1982 (Alt. #668): addition of penthouse and 6th story, the 1888 facade "altered beyond recognition." Currently used as a hospice.

Lot:  1

Address:  150 Barrow St. (also 384-5 West Street)

N.B.:  63 - 1/27/1897

Completed:  1898

Architect:  Julius Munckwirz

Owner:  William Farrell

Original Use:  hotel and boarding house

Other than the addition of the early 20th century "Keller Hotel" sign and some minor ground floor alterations, this handsome neo-Classical hotel 's façade is virtually intact.  After lying vacant for many years with its windows bricked up, it is now being converted to residential use.  One of four great waterfront hotels in the Far West Village along West Street.