116 Sullivan Street House
- Year
- 1832
- Style
- Federal
- City
- Manhattan, NY
116 Sullivan Street is a red four-story brick Federal townhouse in SoHo, built in 1832 as an investment by bookbinder Charles Starr, who built it along with six other houses. It stands on land once part of the farm of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Stuyvesant's brother-in-law, and was heightened by two stories in 1872.
the building
The doorcase. The house is noted for its elaborated round-arched brownstone doorway, with painted timber Ionic half-column sidelights considered unique and highly significant in New York City architecture. Rather than the leaded glass typical of the era, each sidelight is divided into three superimposed oval sections formed by carved woodwork that simulates a drawn cloth curtain.
the style
Built in 1832, the house is a Federal-style townhouse with some Greek Revival details, a rare surviving example of this early 19th-century house type.
More on Federalsignificance
116 Sullivan Street is a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00645), designated 5/15/1973, and has been restored.
nearby
- 83 and 85 Sullivan Street
- 99 Wooster Street
- 34 Dominick Street House
- 101 Spring Street
- University Village
- Holland Plaza Building