Hamilton-Holly House
| Hamilton-Holly House | |
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Hamilton-Holly House, in 2010
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| Architectural style | Federal |
| Location | 4 St. Mark's Place New York, New York 10003 |
| Coordinates | 40°43′45″N 73°59′23″W / 40.7291°N 73.9897°WCoordinates: 40°43′45″N 73°59′23″W / 40.7291°N 73.9897°W |
The Hamilton-Holly House, located at 4 St. Mark's Place in the East Village section of Manhattan, is a Federal style townhouse constructed in 1831. A designated landmark, it was the home of Eliza Hamilton, the widow of Alexander Hamilton, from 1833 to 1842. The Trash and Vaudeville fashion store was located there for over forty years ending in 2016.
The property was developed by Thomas E. Davis, a British-born real estate developer, who developed the entire block of St. Mark's Place (the name of East 8th Street in this area) between Third and Second Avenues. Davis built Federal style townhouses on both sides of the street. There are two other surviving townhouses from this development, at 25 St. Mark’s Place and the best preserved of the three, the Daniel LeRoy House at 20 St. Mark’s Place.
The townhouse at 4 St. Mark’s Place is 26 feet (8 m) wide and 3 1⁄2 stories in height plus a basement level. The house is built of brick in a Flemish bond pattern with white marble at the basement level up till the beginning of the first floor, it has a high front stoop to the main entrance on the left which is characterized by the Baroque style Gibbs surround entrance with triple keystone and vermiculated blocks and long parlor-floor windows, molded pediment lintels and a peaked roof with two dormer windows. There was originally a semi-circular wrought iron balcony at the elevated first floor level. Around 1865–66, a nearly 53-foot two-story rear addition was built in the large rear yard, and a fire escape was installed on the front facade by the 1890s.
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