235 West 76th Street, aka The Colorado, aka Lyonhurst, is a Romanesque Revival design notable for its colorful terra cotta. It is part of the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension. Name: Colorado, Lyonhurst Location: 235 West 76th Street Year Completed: 1925 Architect: Robert T. Lyons Style: Romanesque Revival NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report Google […]
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101 West 81st Street, aka 440-456 Columbus Avenue, aka 100-108 West 82nd Street, built in 1891 as the Hotel Endicott, was designed by Edward L. Angell in Romanesque Revival style. The building is part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Name: Endicott, Hotel Endicott Location: 101 West 81st Street Year Completed: 1891
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201 West 80th Street, aka 420 Amsterdam Avenue, is a Romanesque Revival flats building designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger and completed in 1891. It is part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Name: 201 West 80th Street, aka 420 Amsterdam Avenue Location: 201 West 80th Street Year Completed: 1891 Architect: Gilbert A.
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170 West 78th Street, aka The Orchid, was built in 1890 and designed by Higgs & Rooke. The Flemish/Romanesque Revival building is part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Name: Orchid Location: 170 West 78th Street Year Completed: 1890 Architect: Higgs & Rooke Style: Flemish/Romanesque Revival NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report
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Andrew Foye House, 163 West 79th Street, appears squeezed by its more recent neighbors. The 1894 structure was designed by Clarence True in Romanesque Revival style. It is included in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Name: Andrew Foye House Location: 163 West 79th Street Year Completed: 1894 Architect: Clarence True Style: Romanesque
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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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Williams House, aka Jones-Williams House, was built for William Henry Jones, a tobacco merchant, in 1891. Marion J. Dimmock designed the building in Richardsonian Romanesque style, using James River granite. Jones sold the house to A. D. Williams in 1899. Richmond Professional Institute acquired the property in 1952, and it is now part of the
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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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One of the city’s few remaining “bachelor flats” buildings, built at a time when unmarried men were considered less-desirable as tenants. Like other apartment hotels, the individual units had no kitchens. Residents were expected to take their meals in the eighth floor dining room. The building’s stonework is unusual in that each spandrel is unique.
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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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