9 West 20th Street (New York City, New York)

 apartment building, 1908_construction

150-foot, 12-story Neo-Classical/Renaissance-revival residential building completed in 1908. Designed by William G. Pigueron as a store-and-loft building, it is clad in brick with stone trim and has a 2-story rusticated stone base with classical details, and slightly bowed, copper-clad Chicago-style windows in the center bay. The ground story has a central storefront flanked by two arched doorways, all with modern glass and aluminum infill. Above this is a relief panel with "No. 9" in a foliated frame. The 2nd floor, with a segmental-arched show window flanked by square-headed windows, is capped by ornamental swags and a string course. Above the base is a transitional 3rd floor of smooth stone.

The midsection has a central bay of slightly-bowed Chicago-style windows with copper-clad mullions and paneled spandrels, flanked by orange-red brick. The end bays have single-windows with stone sills. A keystone and a garland surround the top of the central bay at the 10th floor.

The 11th and 12th floors are clad in stone; the center bays have copper-clad Chicago-style windows, and the end bays at the 12th floor have arched surrounds. The windows are separated by copper-clad spandrel panels. The facade is crowned by a white metal roof cornice with four large brackets, as well as large modillions and dentils.

The eastern elevation, visible above the adjacent 5-story building, is clad in dark brick with windows at the rear. It has no significant architectural features. Early tenants in the building included J. Cohen, maker of tea gowns, several cloak and suit merchants, and women's and children's dressmakers. The building was converted to apartments sometime in the late 1900s. The ground floor is occupied by Duxiana furniture store.