200 West 78th Street is an engaging brick-and-brownstone apartment house on the corner of Amsterdam Avenue. The modern penthouse was a late addition. Name: 200 West 78th Street Location: 200 West 78th Street Year Completed: 1891 Architect: unknown Style: Romanesque, Queen Anne Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1891 Flats at 200 to 204 West 78th Street […]
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141 and 143 West 81st Street were designed by Rossiter & Wright in a mix of Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles; 145 (at left) was designed by William Baker in Queen Anne style. All three are included in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Name: 141-145 West 81st Street Location: 141-145 West
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Ginter House was built in 1892 as the residence of Lewis Ginter, a transplanted northern entrepreneur who made Richmond his home after the Civil War. Harvey L. Page and William Winthrop Kent designed the mansion with elements of Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles. Ginter’s niece, Grace Arents, inherited the property in 1897. From 1924
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Park Slope Historic District is a huge swath of mostly residential buildings, roughly two blocks deep by 24 blocks long, across the entire northwest border of Prospect Park. The original district, designated in July 1973, was extended in April 2012 and again in April 2016. Combined, these districts cover more than 2,500 buildings. A related
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Goodwin Hotel, originally Goodwin Apartments, was built at the corner of Asylum and Haynes Streets in 1881. It was expanded in 1891 and again in 1900; the Goodwin Square Tower was added in 1989, as the apartments were converted to a hotel. Name: Goodwin Apartments, Goodwin Hotel, Goodwin Square Tower Location: 1 Haynes Street Year
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