| Although Washington Park
is a neighborhood of rowhouses, only the
ten Washington Place units present the
unified single facade typical of
Manhattan rowhouses. Most of the homes
were built in ones and twos, with the
result that the neighborhood provides a
full catalog of Victorian house styles
within its 66 lots. The typical
rowhouse plan divides easily into
apartments, and as family size and
housing space expectations fell in the
early twentieth century, many (but not
all) homes were converted into
multi-family dwellings. Some of these
apartments must have been quite
luxurious, as they were the homes of
local business leaders until after World
War II.
The factsheets below provide more
detailed information on how these houses
originally functioned, typical
twentieth-century updates, and resources
for planning your restoration:
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