St. Mark's Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

located in the East Village neighborhood of

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. The district was designated a city landmark by the

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in 1969, and it was extended in 1984 to include two more buildings on East 10th Street. It was listed on the

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in 1974 and was expanded in 1985. The boundaries of the NRHP district and its expansion are now coterminous with those of the LPC.

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery is a parish of the Episcopal Church at 131 East 10th Street (near Stuyvesant Street and Second Avenue) in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The property has been the site of continuo ...

is the centerpiece of the district, but it extends beyond the church and its rectory to include much of

Stuyvesant Street Stuyvesant Street is one of the oldest streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs diagonally from 9th Street at Third Avenue to 10th Street near Second Avenue, all within the East Village, Manhattan, neighborhood. The majo ...

and some of East 10th Street, which contain a small collection of

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and Federal-style houses and residential buildings.

Gallery

File:St. Marks Church in the winter.jpg,

is the centerpiece of the district File:Stuyvesant-Fish House.jpg, The

Federal style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classical architecture built in the United States following the American Revolution between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was influenced heavily by the works of And ...

Hamilton Fish House on

is a NYC landmark File:125 E 10th NYC.jpg, 123-125 East 10th St. (1854) is an Anglo-Italianate townhouse, the other style prevalent in the district File:119 E 10th NYC.jpg, 119 East 10th St. (1845) is typical of the

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

townhouses A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residenc ...

in the district File:Stuyvesant Street 20230412 174845.jpg, Stuyvesant Street crosswalk 20230412 File:Abe Lebewohl Park 20230412 174723.jpg, Ukrainian-American WWII Memorial, Abe Lebewohl Park, New York City

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* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan East Village, Manhattan Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan New York City designated historic districts {{Manhattan-geo-stub