48 MacDougal Street (New York City, New York)

 townhouse, Federal style (architecture), 1820s construction

3-story Federal-style townhouse completed in about 1826. It is clad in off-white textured brick above a wood-paneled ground-floor storefront. In 1876, under the ownership of J. Drummond, the building was raised a half story, its peak roof was replaced with a flat roof, and a metal cornice was added. In 1914, the Nervo & Balbiani Co. hired the architect Frank E. Vitolo to alter 46 and 48 MacDougal Street to accommodate a bakery with stores at the first story. The existing first floor was removed and a new fireproof floor was built.

The upper floors have three bays of windows - small, square ones on the 2nd floor, extra-tall windows on the 3rd floor, and more regular sized openings at the top floor, all simply framed in white stone. A bracketed black metal roof cornice tops the building. The ground floor is occupied by Rouge et Blanc restaurant.