15 Washington Square North

This house was built as the residence of shipping merchant Gardiner Greene Howland. It, along with adjoining No. 14, were a pair of splendid Greek Revival town houses, each 42 feet wide and three and one-half stories high, with attic windows in the fascia. At each, a stoop led to the entrance portico, framed by Corinthian columns, and an iron balcony graced the parlor floor. From the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, courtesy of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.