The wisteria-adorned townhouse on Stuyvesant Street is for sale again

EVG photo from 2024

The classic home at 35 Stuyvesant St. at 10th Street is back on the sales market as of this week.

The five-story townhouse is also home to the purple paradise of flowering beauty® ... the wisteria that has inspired both Instagram users and jigsaw puzzle makers over the years.

First, here are some details via the Compass listing (via the Post):

Bring your architect to a 32-foot-wide townhouse on the best block in the East Village.

Set within the storied Renwick Triangle, 35 Stuyvesant Street is an architecturally significant townhouse offering exceptional width and historical presence in the East Village. Built in 1861 by James Renwick, Jr., the home measures an impressive 32 feet wide and spans five stories plus an English basement and cellar. Four south-facing window bays extend across the rusticated stone and brick façade, and in the warmer months, a blooming wisteria vine cascades down the building.

Stuyvesant Street, a short, one-way road that connects Astor Place to 10th Street, is among the oldest parts of the city. While it sits at a diagonal to the city's grid, it is in fact the only street in Manhattan that runs true west to east.

Enter number 35 through either the English basement or parlor level. Myriad details convey the house's historic significance: five fireplaces and their marble mantles; intricate tin ceilings; exposed brick; decorative wood paneling. Above, an unfinished roof presents the opportunity to create a bright and impressive private outdoor space with striking views of the neighborhood...

Price: $3.895 million. (Check out photos here.)

Lee B. Anderson, called the godfather of the Gothic revival in America, was the long-time owner. He died in 2010, and his caretaker had been living there.

In 2023, the property went on sale for the first time since Anderson bought it in 1958. (Curbed had a great piece on the home here.)

The 2023 price was $4.2 million, but it's back on the market with a new broker.

Anderson won a 2003 Village Preservation Award for "nurturing his wisteria and making the Village a more beautiful place." 

Speaking of the wisteria, EVG reader Terry Howell shared this photo from 2012...