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the region about the Battery, and some of them
remain. The next step is the keystone orna-
mented with n double moulded osee These
are found in Greenwich street; Sometimes the
Ogec has n dotted ornament down the centre
and sometimes the dots are replaced with scale
like ornaments. A somewhat later form is the
brown-stone Intel with sunsen panel in tue
centre and rOsettes On each side.
There stands near the corner Of Maiden lane
and Liberty street, close beside one OF the new
tower structures. "a house bearing the date ls23
Its Intel Is Of brown stone ornanented with a
on the s ar and It aa an dd
efto,t upon buildings that bear no other mark
OF the classic style.
The East s!do OF Third avenue between Fiji
teenth and sixteenth streets has block of
houses with brown;stone liTrcls ornamented
throp house at 1874 Second avenue has lint,ls
like the front OF II Greek portico. The hous.
goes back to a time. when ths region to the east
was without buildings, and the inmates could
seq across Intervening gardens and meadows
once numbered 81 Norfolk street, notable
for beautiful lintels in tho Louis XVI. style.
ErRperies were beautifully carved upon the
stone, a rare style of ornamentation. There isa
less successful example of the same style IN the
ing at the corner OF Bowling Green and State
street. In the block between state and While
hall streets. where here Il a nest OF foreign Con
snlates several old houses with ornaInented
lintelS remain.
lancey streets. has examples Of II curious orna-
mentGtion. apparently taken from the Prince of
WRlPs's crest OF three feathers. The feathers.
much c0nvenLiOnali2ed, rire from an acorn This
ornament occurs elsewhere, with slight vnri-
atoms. The stone is usually. i not invariably,
tie iintsIs seems to have been almost
r0 II tue 10 case 9 tTsHs .oSsss
HreorlnSiy S"e % 10" ono nnds In '0 and f' about nS1
West Third street many small dwellings. now
used nsshons and tenrnlnnts, that bear the marks
of the original Oruauontati0n. Diamonds and
rectang.es are common forms of nrnamentatiOn
Whereabouts, and In some Instances they seem
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posed surface OF the stone had crumbled. In
Otner cases only half the ornament remains,
the other half OF the stone having lost its Org!-
nal surface. such lintcls over the windows are
often associated with hne examples OF the old
carved doorways, with huted pillars and pretty
:, The best brick work Of to-day retains the
intel muGm IN lhe sSIo nod ot those IN trannGes
been initiated In recent brOwn-stOne lsntes,
though some are ornamented with curves ana
arRbeslues, More prctentiOus honses have
elhhOrstOns OF the ornamental keyStOne. and
great variety OF hhOwy OrnamentatiOn. quite out
Ot the spirit exhibited in the modest dwellings
OF the centuTy's first three or four decades
One may usually take II for granted hat tho
old houses with simply ornamented lintes have
well-eNecuted wooden manielpleces and inner
recent date, and few uf them are good. ArChi-
tects watch the old dwelling. down town with
intent 10 buy for their clients the mpnteis door
tuns IN wood, when the houses shall come TO be
torn down, some such things hnd their way
materials. and are resold nt large
profit, comparatively recent example
Of interior wood carving is preserved In the cafe
OF a Filth avenue club. The caf6 was the dining
room of private dwelling that now forms part
Of the club house. An oak screen " mill work
introduced into the cafe contrasts somewhat
painfully with the original woodwork, Doubt
lees lovers of old woodwork have their eyes
Fourth avenue and Twenty eighth street, now
undergOlng repairs. The Old WUOdCn house Is
distinguished frra simply OFnamcnted window
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