Yahoo Lifestyle A N.Y.C. Townhouse Where Artists Have Lived and Worked for 170 Years Lists for $25 Million
New York City’s Greenwich Village is internationally known and beloved by many for its artistic heritage, embrace of bohemian lifestyles, varied music venues, and as the center of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Home to tree-shaded streets lined with historic townhomes as well as some modern architectural eye candy, it’s also one of the city’s priciest neighborhoods.
West 11th Street is quickly becoming known as downtown’s Billionaires’ Row, as more and more deep-pocketed buyers have scooped up beautifully 19th-century townhomes—often converted multi-family homes—and spent millions renovating them. Among those coveted West 11th Street homes is a circa 1849 mansion with deep creative roots that has recently hit the market for the first time in nearly 70 years with an asking price of a cool $25 million. David E. Kornmeier of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing.
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The 176-year-old Greek Revival dwelling has been welcoming renowned artists since at least the late 19th century, first with American sculptor Daniel Chester French, who crafted the Seated Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial. It was French who is credited with building the voluminous, garden-floor studio that has 30-foot-high ceilings and three massive skylights. Another notable artist who lived here was Valerie Bettis, a celebrated stage and film choreographer and dancer who created works for the inimitable Rita Hayworth. As the home of three generations of artists, it has hosted many of the city’s most inspiring creative spirits over the past century and a half.
Though it has been modernly renovated, its unique architecture and artistic soul remains. The 22-foot-wide townhouse spans nearly 7,900 square feet. As configured, there are five (and up to seven) bedrooms and five bathrooms, plus a powder room filtered throughout the elevator-equipped six-floor residence, as well as a couple of grand living areas, the epic studio space, and more than 800 square feet of terraces and other private outdoor spaces.
Beyond the original brownstone stoop and pint-sized foyer, the parlor floor has been opened up into a 45-foot-long great room. At one end is a lounge area with a fireplace, in the middle a dining space, and at the back a bright kitchen with custom cabinets and marble countertops. One floor down is a 600-square-foot family room and, behind that, the stark-white, 1,100-square-foot studio space. Almost like its own apartment, it has a kitchenette, bathroom and a laundry closet. A wall of windows opens the back of the vast room to a small private patio and a spiral staircase winds up to a lofted space below a glass ceiling.
The bedrooms are all spacious, with the primary suite sprawling across the entire fourth floor and incorporating an updated bathroom and a separate dressing room big enough to be converted into another bedroom. The airy sixth-floor sunroom has 13-foot ceilings, a wet bar, a bathroom that makes it convertible to another bedroom, and, the cherry on this Greenwich Village residential sundae, a south-facing terrace with city views.
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