Designated: March 16, 1967 Developer David H. King, Jr. (whose famous projects included the base of the Statue of Liberty and Stanford White’s Madison Square Garden) had a series of elegant row houses built on the heights overlooking St. Nicholas Park between 1891 and 1893. James Brown Lord designed red brick houses in the Neo-Georgian […]
Designated July 12, 1977 The Central Park West-West 73rd-74th Street Historic District runs along the north side of 73rd street and the south side of 74th street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Development of this block began in the 1880s. Late 19th-century town houses, some designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, architect of the Dakota, […]
The Ziegler House, quite substantial at four-and-a-half stories (plus basement) in height and thirty-seven-and-a-half feet in width, has a beautifully detailed, symmetrical three-bay front facade. Bottomley successfully and creatively adapted an elegant neo-Georgian style design to an urban townhouse. Among its notable features are the Flemish bond brickwork with burnt headers, splayed lintels, and end […]
This branch was the successor to the “Colored Men’s Branch” of the YMCA, located on West 53rd Street between 1901 and 1919, and the West 135th Street Branch YMCA, built in 1918-19 at No. 181, across the street from the later building. African-American YMCAs were the result of the YMCA’s official policy of racial segregation, […]
Among its important qualities, the Collectors Club Building is an outstanding example of the residential work of McKim, Mead & White in New York City. It is a noteworthy example of neo-Georgian architecture, looking both to English and colonial American precedents. Among its important features are the graceful projecting window bay, the classically-inspired entrance portico, […]
Tammany Hall features a rusticated stone base, pedimented portico, and double height pilasters, sculptural reliefs in limestone and terra cotta, and neo-Georgian details. It is in the words of New Yorker architectural critic George S. Chappell (T-Square) “an exceptionally charming design” and “a real adornment to the neighborhood” and remains a significant reminder of New […]
The Neighborhood Playhouse was constructed in 1913-15 by sisters Alice and Irene Lewisohn as part of the Henry Street Settlement. A theatrical group by the same name founded by Lewisohn sisters was located here from 1915 to 1927. One of the city’s early “little theaters,” it was an experimental theater that presented innovative drama, song […]
The clubhouse of The Lambs is a handsome neo-Georgian style structure designed by the prominent architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. The graceful loggias and fine decorative details give visual emphasis to the special nature of the building. This Club has provided an attractive place for actors to meet in the theatrical district and […]
This distinguished residence was built in 1896-98 for James Junius Goodwin, a prominent New York businessman. Designed in the neo-Georgian style by the firm of McKim, Mead & White, it is a handsome reminder of the fashionable town houses that once characterized the West Fifties between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and is one of an […]
The imposing Isaac L. Rice Mansion, built in 1901-03, is one of two freestanding mansions to survive on Riverside Drive. As such it is a reminder of the period in the early 20th century when Riverside Drive was lined by elegant single-family residences, serving as the West Side counterpart to Fifth Avenue on the East […]
