Daily Dream Home: Greek Revival Townhouse
Today?s home is rich in classic New York City history, it is owned by the son of painter Roy Lichtenstein, Mitchell Lichtenstein. This magnificent and rare 24′ wide 1847 Greek Revival townhouse is in the heart of the coveted Greenwich Village Historic District, is being offered for sale publicly for the first time in its […]The post Daily Dream Home: Greek Revival Townhouse appeared first on Pursuitist.
Today?s home is rich in classic New York City history, it is owned by the son of painter Roy Lichtenstein, Mitchell Lichtenstein. This magnificent and rare 24′ wide 1847 Greek Revival townhouse is in the heart of the coveted Greenwich Village Historic District, is being offered for sale publicly for the first time in its 170-year history.
Located on a prestigious tree-lined street, the four-story house is set back behind a deep front garden and enjoys a large, sunny south-facing garden in back with a set-back terrace above.The architectural historian, Andrew Scott Dolkart, author and professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, speaks of it in his extensive study of the property, as “a rare commodity…that, through changing tastes and a succession of owners, retains its nineteenth-century character to an extremely high degree.”
An authentic period masterpiece, the house embodies the finest architectural features and gracious elegance of its period, executed with exquisite craftsmanship, and restored to perfection for contempo...
Today?s home is rich in classic New York City history, it is owned by the son of painter Roy Lichtenstein, Mitchell Lichtenstein. This magnificent and rare 24′ wide 1847 Greek Revival townhouse is in the heart of the coveted Greenwich Village Historic District, is being offered for sale publicly for the first time in its 170-year history.
Located on a prestigious tree-lined street, the four-story house is set back behind a deep front garden and enjoys a large, sunny south-facing garden in back with a set-back terrace above.The architectural historian, Andrew Scott Dolkart, author and professor of historic preservation at Columbia University, speaks of it in his extensive study of the property, as “a rare commodity…that, through changing tastes and a succession of owners, retains its nineteenth-century character to an extremely high degree.”
An authentic period masterpiece, the house embodies the finest architectural features and gracious elegance of its period, executed with exquisite craftsmanship, and restored to perfection for contempo...
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