Samuel Turner House

 townhouse, 1830s construction, Greek Revival (architecture)

3-story (plus raised basement) Greek-revival residential building completed in 1836 as a townhouse for Samuel Turner, a member of the faculty at the General Theological Seminary and a founder of St. Peter's Church. The original front of this house was probably very similar to that of No. 422 West 22nd Street, as it was built at the same time. The present appearance probably dates from 1882 when plans were filed for an interior renovation.

The heavy bracketed metal roof cornice, sheetmetal window enframements, sills with corbels, the stone pedimented door enframement and the handsome double doors with carved panels beneath the plate glass, present a complete Queen Anne facade of the early 1880s. The stoop and areaway railings with their Greek fret-work at the bottom and anthemion crestings give an indication of the original style of this house.

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