4 Bleecker Street

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4-story Italianate residential building originally completed in about 1813 as a 2-story Federal-era house for David G. Giles. In 1851, it was either divided into apartments or converted to a boardinghouse. In 1868, architect Nicholas Whyte designed a new Italianate-style facade for the building, which was also expanded from two to four stories. It spans six bays wide, clad in red brick. The upper floors have shouldered brick window surrounds. A pair of black iron fire escapes run down the facade, which is topped by a wooden roof cornice with scrolled brackets, consoles, and three separates paneled friezes.

By the 1880s through the turn of the century, the building was occupied by immigrant families from Ireland and Germany. In the early-twentieth century, they were replaced mainly by families from Italy. In 1921, owner Morris Feuer engaged architect David Bleier to design new storefronts and a rear extension; at the same time, the second and third stories were converted to commercial space, which were soon mostly occupied by the fur industry.

Through the 1930s, the entire building was occupied commercially; in 1939, however, the building was converted back to residential use above the first floor. From 1950-55, the Lehigh Valley Railroad recruiting office occupied the first floor. The ground floor is currently occupied by Madame Geneva lounge.