{"nrhp_refnum":"80002696","name":"Houses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"83--85 Sullivan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.724958385000036,"lon":-74.00341082899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of adjoining brick Federal style townhouses at 83 and 85 Sullivan Street in lower Manhattan, near Greenwich Village, built in 1819 by carpenters David Mulford and Drake Crane.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the houses are rare, largely intact examples of modest Federal style residences in Manhattan. Their original doorways, especially the one at No. 83, are among the best preserved and oldest of their type in the city. The late nineteenth century third-story additions and Italianate cornices are typical of alterations made to Federal houses. The pair has also been a local landmark since 1973.","narrative":"Nos. 83 and 85 Sullivan Street are two adjoining brick houses in lower Manhattan, near Greenwich Village, built in 1819 by the carpenters David Mulford and Drake Crane. Both began as two-and-one-half-story Federal style dwellings and were raised to three full stories in the late nineteenth century, No. 85 in 1874 and No. 83 in 1880, with bracketed or modillioned cornices added. Flemish bond brickwork, six-over-six windows, wrought-iron railings with acorn decoration and leaded-glass transoms survive. The doorway at No. 83 is described as one of the oldest surviving Federal doorways in Manhattan. The lots were once part of the Bayard farm and later belonged to Aaron Burr, who sold this lot in 1802. The houses were listed as rare, largely intact examples of modest Federal residences in the city, and each now holds three apartments. They have also been locally designated landmarks since 1973.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"David Mulford (No. 83) and Drake Crane (No. 85), carpenters","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Each house contains three apartments and is used as a private residence. Condition is listed as good and altered, with some stone lintels and sills covered in sheet metal.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.405136-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002696.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002696/96e89ea94c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002696/96e89ea94c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:83-85-sullivan-st.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:83-85-sullivan-st.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000026","name":"South Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/south-village-historic-district-14000026/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319638","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/83_and_85_Sullivan_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4644715"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/houses-at-83-and-85-sullivan-street-80002696/"}