Designated May 25, 1967 Elegance and charm are abundantly evident in the architectural quality of this three-story Federal style brick house. Separated from the street by a spacious forecourt and an inner landscaped garden, this outstanding town house is partly shielded from view by a one story brick wall dividing the forecourt from the garden. […]
The 168 East 73rd Street Building is a fine example of the type of private carriage house built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this area of Manhattan. Constructed in 1899 for William Baylis, this carriage house was designed by Charles Romeyn in a sophisticated rendition of the neo-Flemish Renaissance style. *Photo […]
Designated May 12, 1981 This house was designed by Richard Morris in a simple modified version of the Romanesque Revival style. It is the earliest component of the rare surviving group of carriage houses, stables and garages built on East 73rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues to serve the wealthy families who lived on […]
The 167 East 73rd Street Building and its twin at No . 165 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 1903 and 1904 for Henry Harper Benedict who lived at 5 East 75th Street. […]
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 […]
The block of East 78th Street between Second and Third Avenues on which this row is located was considered a part of the village of Yorkville at the time of construction. Until 1851 the block was part of the property of the City of New York known as the Common Lands. In 1852 the Third […]
These are six picturesque houses remaining from an original group of ten. Designed by the notable architectural finn of Hubert, Pirsson & Co. in the Queen Anne style, the row was built for William Rhinelander in 1886-87. The land upon which the houses stand originally bordered the Harlem Commons and was acquired by the Rhinelander […]
The imposing four-story house displays a monumentality that belies its scale. A rusticated arcaded loggia at street level with rusticated entrance wall set back about six feet from the arches, provides a substantial base for the house. The keystones of the arches are embellished by decorative human masks, one male and one female. *Photo courtesy […]
A rare surviving remnant of the early years of the village of Yorkville, the 160 East 92nd street House (1852-53) is a two-and-a-half story vernacular clapboard dwelling which displays elements of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles. One of the oldest of the few intact nineteenth-century wooden houses which remain in Manhattan north of Greenwich […]
The 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable form a highly-visible, well-preserved example of the finely-detailed Romanesque Revival police precinct complexes that established a characteristic public presence in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn in the late nineteenth century. The 19th, erected in 1891-92, was one of several station house complexes designed by architect and engineer George […]
