Yeshe Nyingpo Monastery (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
West New York /
New York City, New York /
West 16th Street, 19
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ West New York
temple, Greek Revival (architecture), 1840s construction, buddhist monastery
3-story Greek-revival residential building completed in 1846 as a townhouse for Augustus T. Cowman. It is clad in red brick above a rusticated brownstone basement and stoop. The basement is fronted by an areaway paved in concrete with open garden space which is enclosed by an ornate iron fence with stylized classical detail. To the left of the stoop are two windows with iron grilles.
Surmounting the stoop at the parlor floor is the recessed entrance containing a wood door that has eight windows with diagonal muntins. This door is flanked by wood Corinthian pilasters, in turn flanked by 4-pane sidelights, supporting a wood entablature capped by a transom containing three panes. A glass lantern has been attached to each pilaster. The entrance is framed by a projecting eared surround of stone supporting an entablature. The remainder of the parlor floor contains two window openings containing sealed panels along the bottom and paired wood sash casement windows; the panels were originally the bases of casement doors that opened onto an iron balcony (now removed). Each window opening is crowned by a projecting, black-painted stone lintel.
The 2nd floor has three smaller windows; each has a black-painted stone sill and a molded stone lintel. The 3rd floor windows are even smaller, with the same sills and lintels. The facade is surmounted by a rnodillioned metal roof cornice, now painted black.
In 1933, the building was converted from a private dwelling to a multiple dwelling, and in subsequent decades also housed offices. The building continues in use since 1976 as a Buddhist monastery.
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-rev-richard-...
Surmounting the stoop at the parlor floor is the recessed entrance containing a wood door that has eight windows with diagonal muntins. This door is flanked by wood Corinthian pilasters, in turn flanked by 4-pane sidelights, supporting a wood entablature capped by a transom containing three panes. A glass lantern has been attached to each pilaster. The entrance is framed by a projecting eared surround of stone supporting an entablature. The remainder of the parlor floor contains two window openings containing sealed panels along the bottom and paired wood sash casement windows; the panels were originally the bases of casement doors that opened onto an iron balcony (now removed). Each window opening is crowned by a projecting, black-painted stone lintel.
The 2nd floor has three smaller windows; each has a black-painted stone sill and a molded stone lintel. The 3rd floor windows are even smaller, with the same sills and lintels. The facade is surmounted by a rnodillioned metal roof cornice, now painted black.
In 1933, the building was converted from a private dwelling to a multiple dwelling, and in subsequent decades also housed offices. The building continues in use since 1976 as a Buddhist monastery.
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-rev-richard-...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°44'17"N 73°59'38"W
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- Kilnwick Percy Buddhist Monastery 5454 km
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- West Village 0.9 km
- Greenwich Village 0.9 km
- Chelsea 1.1 km
- Midtown (Manhattan, NY) 1.5 km
- Lower (Downtown) Manhattan 1.9 km
- Manhattan 5.1 km
- Hudson County, New Jersey 6.7 km
- Brooklyn 11 km
- Queens 14 km
- The Palisades 25 km