Bouwerie Lane Theatre
- Architect
- Henry Engelbert
- Year
- 1874
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Bouwerie Lane Theatre, at 330 Bowery at Bond Street in NoHo, was built 1873-1874 by architect Henry Engelbert in the Italianate style as a cast-iron bank building for the Atlantic Savings Bank, which became the Bond Street Savings Bank before construction finished. After the bank failed in 1879, it passed to the German Exchange Bank before eventually being converted into a theater.
the building
Cast-iron bank turned playhouse. The building was used for fabric storage before Honey Waldman converted it into a theater in 1963. From 1974 to 2006 it was home to the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre, staging works including Frank Langella in The Immoralist (1963), Dames at Sea (1968), Tom Stoppard's Night and Day (2000), Brecht's The Threepenny Opera (2003), and Genet's The Maids X 2 (2006).
the style
Henry Engelbert designed the building in the Italianate style.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
Henry Engelbert designed the building; no further biographical detail is documented here.
significance
The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits within the NoHo Historic District. It was purchased by Adam Gordon in 2007 for conversion into a private mansion with a climbing wall.
nearby
- Fire Engine Company No. 33
- Merchant's House Museum
- Robbins & Appleton Building
- Bayard-Condict Building
- DeVinne Press Building
- Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street