East Village in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
St. Mark’s Historic District and District Extension
New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 27, 2019
1. St. Mark’s Historic District and District Extension Marker
Inscription.
St. Mark’s Historic District and District Extension. New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation. Governor Peter Stuyvesant of legend and history, remembered for surrendering Nieuw Amsterdam to the English in 1664, had his farm, named in Dutch, the “Bouwerie,” in the area. Stuyvesant Street follows the line of the drive to the Governor’s Mansion. His great-grandson built the Federal-style house at 21 Stuyvesant Street in 1803 to 1804 as a wedding gift for his daughter. The Anglo-Italianate-style row houses on Stuyvesant and East 10th Streets, completed in 1861 on a triangular plot unusual on the gridiron plan of Manhattan, were possibly the design of James Renwick, Jr., architect of Grace Church and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery, completed in the Georgian style in 1799, with a steeple added in 1828, and a cast-iron portico in 1858, rises over the Stuyvesant burial vault.
Governor Peter Stuyvesant of legend and history, remembered for surrendering Nieuw Amsterdam to the English in 1664, had his farm, named in Dutch, the “Bouwerie,” in the area. Stuyvesant Street follows the line of the drive to the Governor’s Mansion. His great-grandson built the Federal-style house at 21 Stuyvesant Street in 1803 to 1804 as a wedding gift for his daughter. The Anglo-Italianate-style row houses on Stuyvesant and East 10th Streets, completed in 1861 on a triangular plot unusual on the gridiron plan of Manhattan, were possibly the design of James Renwick, Jr., architect of Grace Church and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery, completed in the Georgian style in 1799, with a steeple added in 1828, and a cast-iron portico in 1858, rises over the Stuyvesant burial vault.
Erected by New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation.
Location. 40° 43.8′ N, 73° 59.218′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in East Village. It is at the intersection of Second Avenue and East 10th Street, on the right when traveling south on Second Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New York NY 10003, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
2. St. Mark’s Historic District and District Extension Marker site
Visible near the Second Avenue side of Abe Liebenwohl Park
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 27, 2019
3. St. Mark’s Historic District and District Extension Map
Photographed by Larry Gertner, 1999
4. St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Church
in the Historic District
Photographed by Larry Gertner, 1999
5. Stuyvesant-Fish House
in the Historic District
Photographed by Larry Gertner, 2006
6. St. Mark’s Historic District streetsigns
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 284 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 28, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
