247 Water Street (New York City, New York)

 condominiums, 1830s construction, Greek Revival (architecture)

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4-story Greek-revival residential building completed in 1837 as a commercial building for coppersmith Samuel Thompson. The facade has a slight swell due to settlement at each end of the building. This condition was corrected in 1884 with metal tie rods, but it is still quite noticeable today. The standard 1830s Greek-revival design for a commercial building is evident at the ground floor. Six large granite piers divide the facade into five bays and support a deep architrave which is capped by a cornice. The address is carved into the stone architrave.

The upper floors are clad in red brick. The windows have granite sills and lintels. At either side of these windows, the gudgeons for the iron shutters which originally hung there remain. Diamond-shaped tie rod plates indicate where the floors meet the brick facade at the third and fourth stories. The building is crowned by a simple dentiled brick roof cornice.