127 East 10th Street | Block : 466 | Lot #44

Description & Building Alterations

This house was built simultaneously with its neighbor at 129 East 10th Street in 1854 as a fashionable single-family home.  Four stories high and three bays wide, the facade straddles the Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles, displaying flavors of both in ornament and composition. In 1903 the building was combined with No. 129 by the New York Mission and Tract Society to provide housing for mission workers serving the neighborhood, and in 1933 the combined houses were purchased by St. Mark’s Church and were operated as a residence club. At this time, the Greek Revival/Italianate transitional doorway was turned into a ground-floor window and the entry stoop was removed. This house is a part of the St. Mark’s Historic District, more information on which can be found in the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation report.