83 Jane Street (New York City, New York)

 apartment building, 1850s construction

4-story Anglo-Italianate residential building completed in 1854 as a townhouse for Robert H. Bayard. It is clad in red brick, with the construction of the brick on the first floor creating the effect of pilasters. The handsomely paneled single door, surmounted by a transom, is flanked on both sides by delicate engaged columns on either side of the sidelights. The windows of the upper floors are capped by simple stone lintels. The full width balcony, with cast iron railing at the second floor, is the most notable feature of the house. It features elaborate curved castings. There is a curvilinear wrought iron areaway railing of later date at street level. The house is crowned by an Italianate cornice with vertically placed, paired console brackets and paneled fascia.