37 Bank Street

USA / New Jersey / Hoboken / Bank Street, 37
 apartment building, 1830s construction, Greek Revival (architecture)

3.5-story Greek-revival residential building completed in 1837 for Jonathan H. Ransom, a leather and shoe merchant. It is clad in orange brick above a rusticated brownstone basement. It has dormers at the roofline, and a cornice with windows in it. The dignified classic doorway, flanked by pilasters supporting a modillioned entablature, is approached by a low stoop. It has an exceptionally fine decorated transom bar of anthemion (honeysuckle) design. The house was converted to apartments in 1916.
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Coordinates:   40°44'13"N   74°0'12"W
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