The four-story rowhouse at 64 Third Avenue was likely built for John B. Corlier in 1838-39. The adjacent four-story brick building at 122-124 East 11th Street was probably constructed at the same time for Smith & Ely. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story brick rowhouse was built in 1839 for Caleb Bartlett. Until 2016, this building housed the New York Central Art Supply, frequented by a long list of renowned artists. James T. Lee, the grandfather of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, also lived in this building. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This four-story brick rowhouse was built in 1839 for A. Thompson. A German American illustrator and a family of famed vaudeville performers lived here.

In spite of massive waves of commercial construction, tenement building, and later hotel and apartment building construction which swept through this neighborhood, the area retains dozens of rowhouses from its early stages of development, dating from the early 1830s to the early 1850s. They range from modest to grand, most in the Greek Revival or Italianate style. Reflecting the vast forces of change which swept through the area, none remained single family houses, taking on new lives housing commerce, unions, theaters, art galleries, and multiple tenants. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.