c. 180094 Greenwich StreetArchitect: UnknownLocation: 94 Greenwich Street The reigning style of New York architecture from 1780 to 1830 is known as the Federal style. Even as this Manhattan rowhouse has been subject to a predictable set of modernizations in its lifetime, it still manifests the style’s tics in ways that are easy to identify. You’ll notice the brickwork here is a patchy business, with orangey brick towards the center, and redder brick at its perimeter. Towards the top, the boundary between the two slopes down at a 45-degree angle. That boundary was the original shape of the roof. Like other Federal-era rowhouses of the day, 94 Greenwich originally had three-and-a-half stories, with the final attic half-story usually featuring two dormer windows popping out of an angled roof. And like a lot of row houses of the era, they were later raised to a full four floors when their owners needed more room in an increasingly crowded city. If you look closely, you’ll also notice the older and newer bricks are laid out differently, with the older ones following a short-long-short-long pattern, and the newer ones a long-long-long-long one. The short-long pattern is called Flemish bond. It was very characteristic for buildings of its time: if you see Flemish bond in this city, you’re probably seeing something constructed before 1830.
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c. 1800
94 Greenwich Street

Architect: Unknown
Location: 94 Greenwich Street

The reigning style of New York architecture from 1780 to 1830 is known as the Federal style. Even as this Manhattan rowhouse has been subject to a predictable set of modernizations in its lifetime, it still manifests the style’s tics in ways that are easy to identify.

You’ll notice the brickwork here is a patchy business, with orangey brick towards the center, and redder brick at its perimeter. Towards the top, the boundary between the two slopes down at a 45-degree angle. That boundary was the original shape of the roof. Like other Federal-era rowhouses of the day, 94 Greenwich originally had three-and-a-half stories, with the final attic half-story usually featuring two dormer windows popping out of an angled roof. And like a lot of row houses of the era, they were later raised to a full four floors when their owners needed more room in an increasingly crowded city.

If you look closely, you’ll also notice the older and newer bricks are laid out differently, with the older ones following a short-long-short-long pattern, and the newer ones a long-long-long-long one. The short-long pattern is called Flemish bond. It was very characteristic for buildings of its time: if you see Flemish bond in this city, you’re probably seeing something constructed before 1830.

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