21 Stuyvesant Street | Block : 465 | Lot #29

Description & Building Alterations

This early-19th century Federal style house, the Elizabeth Stuyvesant and Nicholas Fish residence, is a magnificent example of the architectural traditions of fine urban dwellings in the in the early period of the Union.  Significant in size, the house is three bays wide and three and a half stories tall with a solidly built brownstone basement and a shallow doorway. The facade wall is brick laid in the characteristic Flemish bond pattern, the entry door is of a grand width with a wood and glass surround, and the double hung windows are topped with splayed stone lintels. A simple white cornice underlies the sloped roof with twin arched dormer windows, exemplary of the Federal style. Furthermore, the house showcases a low brownstone stoop, brownstone sills and lintels, sidelights set off by slender columns, a semi-elliptical fanlight, and six-over-six windows.