116 Sullivan Street is on Sullivan Street in

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. The red four-story brick

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townhouse was built in 1832 as an investment by Charles Starr (bookbinder) and includes some

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details. It was heightened two stories in 1872.

Norval White Norval Crawford White (June 12, 1926 – December 26, 2009) was an American architect, architectural historian and professor. He designed buildings throughout the U.S., but he is best known for his writing, particularly the ''AIA Guide to New Yor ...

and Elliot Willensky, ''

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'', rev. ed., (New York: Collier Books, 1978), 272. The structure is noteworthy for its elaborated round-arched brownstone doorcase, or "enframement of the front door," which has an exceptional treatment of painted timber Ionic half-column sidelights, unique and highly significant in New York City architecture. Due to the sidelights, "instead of leaded glass, typical of the time, each sidelight is divided into three superimposed oval sections. The ovals are formed by a richly carved wood enframement that simulates a cloth sash curtain drawn through a series of rings."Landmarks Preservation Commission LP-0645
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The house stands on land previously belonging to the farm of Nicholas Bayard,

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's brother-in-law, and is one of seven houses that was built as an investment by

Charles Starr Charles Starr (born c. 1933) is an American politician and farmer in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature for 14 years, serving in both houses. A native of Texas, Starr served in the Oregon State Senate with his son ...

, a bookbinder, whose business was on Nassau Street. Starr's own house at 110 Sullivan Street was 32 feet wide, unusually large for the time. It has been restored.

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