Architectural style
Texture, asymmetry, and lively facade play in apartment houses, schools, and clubs.
Varied textures, asymmetry, and decorative detail give Queen Anne buildings their character. Compare the Windermere, Webster Hall, and New York House and School of Industry.
20 building histories
Residential · 1890-91
1321 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
1321 Madison Avenue, at the northeast corner of 93rd Street, is a most striking Queen Anne style rowhouse, one of an original row of five, built in 1890-91. Real estate developer James v. S. Woolley commissioned the...
Read the storyResidential · 1886-87
146 East 89th Street, New York, NY
No. 146 East 89th Street is one of six picturesque houses (Nos. 146-156) remaining from an original group of ten. Designed by the notable architectural firm of Hubert, Pirsson & Co. in the Queen Anne style, the row was...
Read the storyCarriage 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 storyResidential · 1892-93
254 West 102nd Street, New York, NY
The 254 West 102nd Street House is one of an intact group of four residences designed by the architectural firm of Schneider & Herter and built by the firm of Schneider & Company as a speculative venture. The rowhouse...
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 · 1892-93
856 West End Avenue, New York, NY
The 856 West End Avenue House is one of an intact group of four residences designed by the architectural firm of Schneider & Herter and built by the firm of Schneider & Company as a speculative venture. The rowhouse...
Read the storyResidential · 1892-93
858 West End Avenue, New York, NY
The 858 West End Avenue House is one of an intact group of four residences designed by the architectural firm of Schneider & Herter and built by the firm of Schneider & Company as a speculative venture. The rowhouse...
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 storyFirehouse · 1883-84
175 East 104th Street, New York, NY
Erected in 1884, Fire Engine Company No. 53 was designed by the prominent firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, architects for the Fire Department between 1879 and 1895. Fire Engine Company No. 53 is an excellent example of...
Read the storyFirehouse · 1888
304 West 47th Street, New York, NY
Erected in 1888, the former Fire Engine Company No. 54 was designed by the prominent firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Son, architects for the New York City Fire Department, between 1879 and 1895. Former Fire Engine Company No....
Read the storyCommercial · 1884-85
222 Bowery, New York, NY
This 1884-1885 building, the first branch erected by the New York City YMCA Board of Directors, is the sole survivor of New York's nineteenth-century YMCA branches and the major surviving New York City work of architect...
Read the storyResidential · 1883-84
891 Broadway, New York, NY
The Gorham Building, built in 1883-83 at the northwest corner of Broadway and 19th Street, was designed by noted architect Edward Hale Kendall, and is one of his few surviving buildings. The building is an unusual...
Read the storyBank · 1883-84
81 East 125th Street, New York, NY
The Mount Morris Bank Building, one of the most impressive buildings in Harlem, is prominently situated at the northwest corner of East 125th Street (the major commercial artery of Harlem) and Park Avenue, immediately...
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 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 storyCommercial · 1880-81
33 East 17th Street, New York, NY
The Century Building is a rare surviving Queen Anne style commercial building in New York City. Designed by William Schickel and built in 1880-81, it has been a major presence in Union Square for over a century.
Read the storyEducational · 1878
120 West 16th Street, New York, NY
The New York House and School of Industry is a two-story brick building designed in the Queen Anne style by Sidney V. Stratton. Erected in 1878 on West 16th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, this unusual...
Read the storyResidential · 1880-81
406 West 57th Street, New York, NY
The Windermere, constructed in 1880-81, is significant as the oldest-known large apartment complex remaining in an area that was one of Manhattan's first apartment-house districts. With its exuberant display of...
Read the storyResidential · 1883-84
2040 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd, New York, NY
The Washington Apartments, built in 1883-84 for the speculative developer Edward H.M. Just, was the earliest apartment building constructed in central Harlem. This eight-story brick building, with stone, iron,...
Read the storyCommercial · 1886-87
125 East 11th Street, New York, NY
One of New York City’s most historically and culturally significant large nineteenth-century assembly halls, Webster Hall was constructed for Charles Goldstein in 1886-87, with an eastern Annex in 1892, to the designs...
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