Colonnade Row
- Style
- Greek Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
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Colonnade Row, also known as LaGrange Terrace, is a group of Greek Revival row houses from the 1830s on Lafayette Street, of which four of the original nine survive. The project is believed to have been built by contractor Seth Geer, though it has been attributed to other architects as well, and it owes its existence to John Jacob Astor, who bought the property and whose grandson John Jacob Astor III later lived at No. 424.
the building
A colonnaded facade. The row's continuous colonnade across its Greek Revival townhouses gave the ensemble its name, and the surviving facades still run along Lafayette Street south of Astor Place.
the style
The nine original Greek Revival townhouses were built on the site of the former Vauxhall Gardens Amusement Park, a fashionable idiom for the elite rowhouse living Astor's development targeted.
More on Greek Revivalsignificance
The remaining buildings are New York City designated landmarks and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name LaGrange Terrace.
nearby
- The Public Theater building
- Astor Place
- DeVinne Press Building
- Merchant's House Museum
- Brown Building
- Metropolitan Savings Bank