HOUSE TYPE 14 OF 26
Type N / N′
A four-bay, double-entry house whose paired porches make historic circulation part of the architectural composition.
Form & composition
Two Entrances, Composed As One Façade.
Type N is a four-bay row house with two first-floor windows beside two entrance doors, originally arranged to reach upper and lower apartments. Three evenly spaced windows create a calmer rhythm across the second floor.
Type N′ reverses the composition, moving the entrances from the right to the left. The porches were designed in relation to the neighboring mirror house, beneath a standing-seam shed roof with a central cross gable.
Identification guide
How to Recognize It
Read the original openings and porch relationship first. Later enclosures, replacement doors or altered columns may obscure the underlying type.
Architectural character
What Makes It Distinctive
Type N makes historic circulation unusually visible on the exterior. One portion of the porch was enclosed with wood clapboards, cornices and recessed doors, while the adjoining shed-roofed portion was historically open, with a wood or masonry deck and stairs. The two doors describe the original design; they do not, by themselves, establish a property’s current legal occupancy.
Location detail
Documented Streets
Documented street reference: 47th Street.