town house
noun
1
: a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall
also
: row house
2
: a house in town
specifically
: the city residence of one having a country seat or having a chief residence elsewhere
stayed at their town house during the social season
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That process of rediscovery has been a source of joy for two art collectors who recently moved from their longtime apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to a historic town house downtown.
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Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
Two five-star hotels, apartments, town houses and villas, schools, three mosques, a mall, two universities and two world-class museums are part of the project.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
This $88 million project calls for 304 units of affordable and senior housing, to be spread across town houses and three-story apartment buildings.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Paparazzi regularly station themselves outside her town house downtown.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
Two five-star hotels, apartments, town houses and villas, schools, three mosques, a mall, two universities and two world-class museums are part of the project.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
This $88 million project calls for 304 units of affordable and senior housing, to be spread across town houses and three-story apartment buildings.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Paparazzi regularly station themselves outside her town house downtown.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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