This large neo-Renaissance mansion with Arts and Crafts detailing is an excellent example of early-twentieth century country house design. The house was built for Louis A. and Laura Stirn in 1908 to the plans of Kafka & Lindenmeyr. One of the few houses of its size and type surviving on Staten Island, it is prominently […]
Designated May 17, 1966 An imposing building of monumental proportions, this bank with its dome and handsome lantern impresses one with its massive strength and quiet dignity. Classic Revival in style, this four story building of limestone, sandstone and marble contains a wealth of architectural detail and ornament. The Williamsburgh Savings Bank is an unusual […]
The Woods Mercantile Buildings are fine examples of the palazzo node of architecture which was based on Italian Renaissance prototypes. The elegant simplicity and restraint of the facades indicate their original utilitarian function. They are representatives of a period of the city’s history when White Street was part of the country’s textile and dry goods […]
The University Club on its conspicuous corner site is one of the handsomest buildings on Fifth Avenue. Although this granite building of stately and noble proportions closely resembles a sixteenth century Italian Renaissance palazzo, its exterior displays a combination of original architectural features. The handsome facade is divided into three main horizontal divisions separated by […]
Nowhere in New York City does there exist another unified group of brownstone residences of such magnitude as this cluster standing on Madison Avenue. This great complex of Italian Renaissance town houses is skilfully welded into one U-shaped unit, surrounding a courtyard originally planned as a turn-around for carriages.
Swift, Seaman & Company Building was constructed in 1857-58 for Emily Jones, a daughter of the late Isaac Jones, third president of Chemical Bank. It is a distinguished example of the mid-nineteenth-century store-and-loft buildings that comprised the Tribeca area of lower Manhattan, containing such wholesale and manufacturing businesses as drygoods and various branches of hardware. […]
St. Paul’s Chapel attains an altogether pleasing dignity from its beautiful proportions and handsome architectural details. This brick building with limestone trim is highlighted with terra cotta ornament and ornamental bronze carefully integrated into an harmonious ecclesiastical design. Because of its Greek cross plan, surmounted by a high drummed dome over the crossing and its […]
Among its important qualities, the Otto Kahn House is the finest Italian Renaissance style mansion in New York City. It belonged to a great patron of the arts, and was almost unique at the date of its erection in its simplicity and purity of detail, and that, although it is prominently located on a Fifth […]
The Commission further finds that, among its important qualities, the 115th Street Branch of the New York Public Library is an excellent example of those small libraries built at the turn of the Century in New York City. This branch, with an especially beautiful facade in the Italian Renaissance style, has outstanding architectural detail and […]
Designated September 20, 1977 Among its important qualities, 998 Fifth Avenue is the finest Italian Renaissance style apartment house in New York City. Central Park was completed in 1878 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art two years later, but the real construction of this elegant neighborhood did not begin until the late 1890s. By the end […]
