Village Preservation secured designation of this house as an individual landmark on November 14, 2006. 159 Charles Street is significant as a relatively rare surviving residential building of the early period of development of the Far West Village. This individual landmark was constructed around 1838 as a Greek Revival-style row house with a three-story height, flat roofline, machine pressed red brickwork laid in stretcher bond, and wood and stone decorative detailing, emphasizing simple forms and planar surfaces. As described in the designation report, its most notable feature is its handsome entry, which incorporates a stone surround with pilasters and a substantial entablature , tall wood pilasters framing a paneled doorway, sidelights, transom bar and toplights – all prominent Greek Revival features. The house’s historic bracketed metal cornice likely dates from the 1870s or 1880s. Today, the house retains its brownstone base and original decorative wrought iron areaway fence. 159 Charles Street is one of nearly one hundred buildings landmarked in the Far West Village as a result of Village Preservation’s campaign to save the Far West, kicked off in 2003.