Architectural style
Angular detail, sharp incisions, and late-nineteenth-century urban refinement in club and house form.
Angular ornament and incised detail appear on Neo-Grec houses and commercial buildings. The former Century Association building, West 130th Street rowhouses, and Bowery Mission offer different examples.
13 building histories
Carriage House · 1890-91
170 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
The 170 East 73rd Street Building is a fine example of the type of private carriage house built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this area of Manhattan. Constructed between 1890 and 1891 for Frank P....
Read the storyCarriage House · 1889
174 East 73rd Street, New York, NY
The 172-174 East 73rd Street Building is a fine example of the type of private carriage house built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this area of Manhattan. Constructed in 1889 for Frank P. Perkins, the...
Read the storyPolice · 1892-93
179 East 104th Street, New York, NY
The 28th Police Precinct Station House, located on the north side of East 104th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues, was built in 1892-93 to the design of Nathaniel D. Bush. Appointed Architect to the New York...
Read the storyResidential · 1849-50
437 West 24th Street, New York, NY
This row of houses was erected by Philo V. Beebe, a neighborhood builder, as part of a long row of handsome, mid-19th century three-story houses. Set behind landscaped front yards, 15 feet deep, the row now affords a...
Read the storyResidential · 1880–1883
8–62 West 130th Street, New York, NY
Astor Row comprises 28 houses on the south side of West 130th Street between Fifth and Lenox avenues. Built in three stages from 1880 to 1883, the development occupied land owned by William Astor. Charles Buek designed...
Read the storyCommercial · 1880-81
26 East 14th Street, New York, NY
The Baumann Brothers Furniture and Carpets Store was built in 1880-81 for James McCreery , a well-known textiles merchant of Scottish descent. It was designed by the architectural firm of D. & J. Jardine, whose...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1889-91
7 West 43rd Street, New York, NY
The Century Association Building was designed by the firm of Gambrill & Richardson, whose partners were both members of the association and one of whom, Henry Hobson Richardson, went on to become one of this country's...
Read the storyClubhouse · 1869
111 East 15th Street, New York, NY
The Century Association Building was designed by the firm of Gambrill & Richardson, whose partners were both members of the association and one of whom, Henry Hobson Richardson, went on to become one of this country's...
Read the storyCommercial · 1878-80
142 Nassau Street, New York, NY
The current form of the Morse Building results from three periods of construction: the original (1878-80), as well as alterations in 1901-02 and c. 1965. Today, the structure’s 6-story midsection, with two articulated...
Read the storyCommercial · 1883-86
38 Park Row, New York, NY
The eleven-story Potter Building was commissioned by Orlando B. Potter, a prominent figure in New York politics with prime commercial real estate holdings in Manhattan, and constructed in 1883-86 to the design of N.G....
Read the storyEducational · 1879-82
1674 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Built in 1879-82, Public School 72 was the work of David I. Stagg, whose career in public school architecture spanned more than half a century and who was Superintendent of Public School Buildings for the New York City...
Read the storyCommercial · 1889-90
9 Beekman Street, New York, NY
The Temple Court Building and Annex consists of two connected structures on the designated Landmark Site. The nine-story (ten stories in certain portions) Temple Court Building was commissioned by Eugene Kelly, an...
Read the storyReligious · 1876
227 Bowery, New York, NY
No. 227 Bowery is significant for its 103-year history as the home of the Bowery Mission, a religious based organization that has fed, housed and cared for countless homeless men on the Lower East Side for more than 130...
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