Bouwerie Lane Theatre
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The Bouwerie Lane Theatre is an off-Broadway theatre venue which is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 330 Bowery (NW corner of Bond Street) in New York City, presently inhabited by the Jean Cocteau Review since 1974.
The building was designed over one hundred years ago by Henry Engelbert and constructed from 1873-74 as the Bond Street Saving Bank. This cast iron building is a rare example of the French Second Empire style. The German Exchange Bank occupied the building in 1879, and converted to a theater in 1963. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 (Building #80002671).
The wealth of almost sculptural ornamental detail makes this building an unusually fine example of the elaborate style of the French Second Empire.
- —The Landmarks of New York
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