Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation)

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.