33 Bond Street

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4-story Italianate residential building completed in 1831, with a major alteration in 1911 by Cleverdon & Putzel that converted it from a townhouse to a commercial building. There is a black iron fence around the areaway and basement, and a black iron stoop leading to the entrance. The glass transom above the doors reads "33"; to the right are historic but possibly not original copper-framed show windows with transoms and paneled spandrel above a basement storefront. The beige brick piers have narrow dark stone bands on the first floor. There are small rosettes on the iron cornice that tops this level. The upper floors have three bays of windows with flat, black stone sills and lintels. The facade is crowned by a black iron roof cornice with panels, curved fluted brackets and dentils.

The first occupant of 33 Bond Street was Benjamin F. Lee, a merchant who lived there with his family from 1831 to 1833. It remained a single family home until the early 1850s when Amelia Staples, whose family had purchased the house in 1836, left. It then became a boarding house for up to four families. By 1890 the building had been converted to a store and factory housing furriers and a novelty company.

In 1911 it was raised from 3.5 to four full floors, with redesigned front and rear facades. Furriers and hat manufacturers occupied the building until at least 1929, when they were replaced by other small businesses such as silk dealers. By 1970, the building was vacant, but soon was converted to art studios and joint live/work quarters. The ground floor is occupied by Vitsoe furniture shop.