Webinar on NYC’s Federal style architecture on July 1 at 6:00PM.

LESPI is also a proud cosponsor of Village Preservation‘s upcoming webinar, “American Independence in Brick and Stone: Federal Style Architecture in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo.”

Our neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo are rich in Federal Style architecture, this earliest architectural expression of an independent America.

Hundreds of these structures connected to our country’s first generation survive here, mostly in local, state, and federal historic districts. Some are well-known and beloved landmarks; many others are easily-overlooked structures that quietly dot our streets. The charming and diminutive scale and handcrafted details of these structures tell us much about life in our city over two centuries ago, how we envisioned ourselves as no longer a colony, and the growth and evolution of our newly-independent nation in its earliest days.

The webinar will take us on a virtual tour of Federal Style architecture in our neighborhoods and Lower Manhattan, offer insights into what these buildings show about life in late 18th and early 19th century New York, and review efforts over three decades to help document and preserve them.

You can register for this free event HERE.