{"nrhp_refnum":"79001604","name":"Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. 13th St., St. Luke's Pl., University Pl., and Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.73455728300004,"lon":-74.00089480461165,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Literature","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large historic district on the west side of lower Manhattan, New York City, covering more than one hundred irregular blocks of Greenwich Village between West 13th Street, St. Luke's Place, University Place and Washington Street, with buildings dating from 1799 into the twentieth century.","why_significant":"The district contains many elegant rows of town houses from the early nineteenth century to the Civil War in Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Italianate styles. Its winding, irregular streets west of Sixth Avenue, along with its churches, stables, artists' studios and ironwork, give it a distinctive character. The form lists architecture as an area of significance for the 1800s, and the boundaries match the city's designated historic district.","narrative":"Greenwich Village, on the west side of lower Manhattan, is a district of more than one hundred irregular blocks bounded roughly by West 13th Street, St. Luke's Place, University Place and Washington Street. Its buildings range from an 1799 frame house at 77 Bedford Street to structures of the early twentieth century. Long rows of town houses in the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Italianate styles define the area, along with fine ironwork, former stables such as those on Washington Mews and MacDougal Alley, and artists' studios atop many houses. Churches include the Church of the Ascension and the First Presbyterian Church, and the Jefferson Market Courthouse, now a library, is a Gothic Revival landmark. West of Sixth Avenue, narrow streets bend and turn, producing the village's surprising streetscapes. Washington Square, with its Greek Revival houses and arch, anchors the district. The boundaries follow those already designated by the city's landmarks commission. Modern apartment blocks, garages, gas stations and vacant lots are recorded as intrusions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked as occupied, privately owned, with uses including commercial, park, private residence and religious. Many modern intrusions and some vacant lots are catalogued.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.369341-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001604.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001604/5f0b0ef781-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001604/5f0b0ef781-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jean-Christophe BENOIST","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_-_Greenwich_Village_-_Gay_Street.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Christophe BENOIST</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_-_Greenwich_Village_-_Gay_Street.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319568","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205380"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/greenwich-village-historic-district-additional-documentation-79001604/"}