1800 block Delancey Place
This mid-19th-century residential development has retained its visual character in spite of subsequent remodeling of some of the houses. Opened in 1853 on a parcel of land once owned by Christ Church, it was originally lined with Italianate and Greek Revival townhouses constructed by various speculative builders between 1854 and 1880. Many of these still stand virtually unchanged. On the south side, 1804, one in a row of four, four-story brick houses constructed in 1856 by Joseph Hancock, typifies the Greek Revival with its marble basement, steps, door frames and lintels. In the late-19th century, many mid-century rowhouses were fitted with new facades more suited to the tastes of the time. Wilson Eyre, for example, remodeled 1824 in the newly popular Georgian Revival style. The dark brick is laid in Flemish bond, the trim is limestone. The unusual double-height bay window dominates the composition.