67 Hudson Street (New York City, New York)

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5-story Renaissance-revival residential building completed in 1893. Designed by Josiah C. Cady as the New York Hospital's House of Relief (its downtown emergency room), it later became U.S. Marine Hospital No. 70. It was converted to condominiums in 1985. There is still a 2nd-story iron skybridge over Staple Street connecting to the former stable & laundry building at 9 Jay Street.

The main entrance is on Hudson Street, where a broad, double staircase with an ornate iron railing leads to the double-height entranceway which is framed by a round-arched pediment carried on engaged columns and trimmed with terra-cotta. The raised basement is set off from the rest of the building by its round-arched openings and its defining brownstone band course. A stone water table within this section gives added emphasis. A second band course below the 4th floor and the broad copper cornice crowning the compositon continue this horizontality. On the four main stories projecting, banded brick quoins highlight each corner of the building while piers of similar design frame the end bays of the Hudson and Jay Street facades. Engaged colonnettes separate paired windows in the end and center bays. Keyed surrounds adorn all the windows on the two main facades. An iron balcony spans the two center bays of the 2nd floor of the Jay Street facade.

On Staple Street the band courses, corner quoins, and cornice continue as on the other facades. The ground floor has two tall, round-headed windows with keyed surrounds and a large rectangular opening which was originally a vehicular opening and is now a large window. Above the base the five bays have unadorned, rectangular window openings. The narrow alley to the north of this free-standing building is closed by decorative non-historic metal gates. The northern elevation of the building, visible above these gates, consist of a plain brick wall with rectangular window openings. On the roof a small pitched-roof penthouse has been added, recessed behind the center of the cornice on Jay Street.