The 163 East 73rd Street Building and its twin at No. 161 are fine examples of the type of private carriage house built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this area of Manhattan. They were constructed between 1896 and 1897 for William H. Tailer who lived at 14 East 72nd Street. Architect Thomas Rae designed both carriage houses in the late Romanesque Revival style and ornamented them with the Renaissance-style decorative forms which were gaining in popularity.
*Photo courtesy of Emilio Guerra (Flickr)