26 Grove Street | apartment building

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6-story residential building completed in 1927. Designed by Louis A. Abramson and Samuel Katz, the building's outstanding feature is the rough-textured look of the clinker brickwork on the facade, which is quite different from its neighbor to the west. It consists of seemingly randomly-placed dark organically-shaped brick pieces peppering the surface of dark red regular bricks. An interesting contrast to the brick background is achieved by the use of the smooth stones framing the doorway. A projecting stuccoed section, decorated with half-timbered framing, containing the central windows of the sixth story, is crowned by a steeply pitched gable. Chimneys carry up the roof line at both ends of the building. The windows are arranged in an interesting rhythm of three, two, and three across the facade, expressing the interior layout. Two fire escapes, one at each side, run down the facade.