GVSHP Continues Research on Federal Period Rowhouses
Preservation League of New York State & New York State Council on the Arts to Fund Study
Federal Period Rowhouses
279 & 281 East Broadway
As part of its ongoing effort to document Federal Period Rowhouses in the Village and throughout Lower Manhattan, GVSHP has been awarded a grant from a joint program of the Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts to continue its research.
Built between 1785 and 1835, as New York was being transformed into the nation’s metropolis, the Federal Period rowhouses survive as reminders of Lower Manhattan’s former residential character.
Federal Rowhouse
Originally numbering in the thousands, approximately 330 rowhouses can still be found in the area bounded by 20th Street and Battery Park. Many of these modest structures are preserved in National Register Historic Districts and NYC Landmark Historic Districts in neighborhoods such as Greenwich Village and SoHo, but more than 100 of them have yet to be recognized for their historic importance. GVSHP will use its research to nominate many of the buildings for designation on the National Register of Historic Places.
Grant Ceremony
