History and architecture
his dignified residence, built between 1917 and 1919 and designed by F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr., combines a modified neo-Georgian style with an arcaded loggia in the continental tradition.
The area in which the house is located acquired the name ''Carnegie Hill soon after Andrew Carnegie erected his mansion at Fifth Avenue and 91st Street at the turn of the century.
Although middle-class residences had been built in the area in the 1880s and 1890s, Carnegie's move inspired other well-to-do business and professional people to also build here. The property was purchased in 1916 by Charlotte Winthrop Fowler, wife of Robert Fowler, Jr., in 1916 under the terms of a restrictive fifteen-year covenant, which stipulated that any building erected could not be used for any other purpose than a private dwelling. Mrs. Fowler then commissioned the house, but she sold it in August 1919 to Harriet S. Clark.
Sources and further reading
This history comes from the Landmarks app’s historical catalog. Names and building uses may reflect the period described.