{"nrhp_refnum":"80002695","name":"House at 37 East 4th Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37 E. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.72756089200004,"lon":-73.99188576999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story Greek Revival brick rowhouse at 37 East 4th Street in Manhattan, New York City, built in 1845 for Samuel Tredwell Skidmore.","why_significant":"It is one of only two surviving Greek Revival residences in an area that was among the most fashionable residential neighborhoods of 1840s New York. It survives as a reminder of that former residential district, which became almost entirely commercial by the early twentieth century. It is also linked to Samuel Tredwell Skidmore, a prominent businessman and cousin of Seabury Tredwell, whose house is next door at No. 29.","narrative":"Built in 1845, this brick rowhouse at 37 East 4th Street in Manhattan is three and a half stories high and three bays wide. Although only 26 feet wide, it is unusually deep. A high stoop rises over a stone basement to a doorway framed by a full entablature and a pair of Ionic columns, a typical Greek Revival feature. Original woodwork survives inside, including floors, door and window frames and the hall stair, though the interior has been divided into apartments. Samuel Tredwell Skidmore, a wholesale drug merchant and later insurance company president, built the house and lived there with his wife and eight children for almost four decades. The neighborhood was once among the city's most fashionable, home to figures such as Albert Gallatin and General Winfield Scott. Commercial uses later overtook the area, and this house is one of only two Greek Revival residences that remain, recalling that earlier character.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the interior has been converted into apartments, with much original woodwork remaining.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.047942-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002695.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002695/652f2752f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002695/652f2752f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Tredwell_Skidmore_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Tredwell_Skidmore_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000027","name":"The Bowery Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/the-bowery-historic-district-13000027/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319614","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Tredwell_Skidmore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/house-at-37-east-4th-street-80002695/"}