East 73rd Street Historic District

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A row of four brick and stone houses in a town with large rounded double doors at street level.
168–174 East 73rd Street, former coach house on the south side of the street (2009)

The East 73rd Street Historic District is a section of that street on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough in New York City . This is a neighborhood with small terraced houses that were built between 1860 and 1920.

Some of these houses were originally remises of wealthy Upper East Side residents, such as Edward Harkness , and the facades of these buildings still reflect that origin today. Among the architects who designed these buildings were Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Romeyn . Joseph Pulitzer later lived in the neighborhood .

The street block has retained its architectural features, although some buildings have been replaced by larger and more modern ones. In 1980 the street section was declared a New York City Landmark and in 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places .

geography

The buildings on both sides of 73rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenue form the 5,700 m² historic district , more precisely the 15 buildings 161–179 and 166–182. The area is flat and the historic district is just outside the larger Upper East Side Historic District , which was later established. The buildings in the historic district are three to five stories high, lower than most of the houses in the adjacent street blocks. All buildings in the historic district are considered to be contributing to the district's historic integrity, there are no non-contributing structures within its boundaries.

Buildings

The buildings in the historic district can be classified into three types, representing different periods of its construction: two rows of Italianate houses, 11 coach houses and two taller structures that were built for commercial purposes. The rows of houses are the oldest and come from the early development phase on the Upper East Side during the Civil War . The remises were built later, partly on the site of demolished row houses that had been built earlier, the buildings serving commercial purposes were built towards the end of the development history of this street section.

Townhouses

The two remaining row houses are on the south side of the street, number 171 and 175. Both houses are narrow three-story brick buildings that were built in the Italianate style in 1860 and were part of a series of originally six houses at the time. In both houses the reveal of windows and doors are made of stone; they have decorated wooden cornices. A cast-iron veranda has been preserved at house number 171 , which covers the area in front of the ground floor. These verandas were once common in the city but are now very rare. The neuromanisch built house number 166 has a finely detailed on corbels resting cornice of brick, under the in cast-iron figures the year of construction is 1883, attached.

Draws

All sheds have a similar floor plan, which, apart from the later renovations in residential buildings and the use of different materials for the facades, still exists. The entrance on the ground floor is formed by a large archway which is mostly round and sometimes also flattened. Special decorative elements such as symbols or cartridges were used minimally. Inside, these two- or three-story houses have been extensively remodeled to meet their current residential purpose.

Among the coach houses, numbers 161 and 163 stand out due to the use of bricks set in stone with limestone heels. Equestrian symbols such as saddlebags, horse heads and reins are carved into the facades on the ground floor. Their galvanized iron friezes are also provided with embossed garlands and rosettes . The neighboring building, 165 East 73rd, is a Beaux Arts style structure with yellow Roman bricks and stone carvings.

More eclectic is the architecture a little further down on the south side of the street. At 168 East 73rd the roof line is interrupted by a stepped gable , a hallmark of the Flemish Neo-Renaissance, which is rather unusual in New York City, especially as it is in this house. The neighboring houses 170 and 172-174 show features of the Neo-Grec style, with the latter also having some elements of the Queen Anne style . The last building in the row of coach houses on the south side is house 178 East 73rd, here Beaux Arts decors were combined with Neo-Georgian brick masonry.

Commercial buildings

The two commercial buildings 177-179 and 182 East 73rd Street are the tallest buildings on the block with their five stories. Both were originally built for rental purposes, with the use of automobiles being expected when 177-179 were built. The structure is a Beaux-Arts- style building with a visible limestone and granite base , the middle floors are made of bricks and separated from each other with terracotta . The top floor is designed as a mansard floor and has three unusually large dormer windows with terracotta soffits . The middle dormer takes on the shape of a triumphal arch through the use of heavy stone blocks . For a utility building, the decoration of the structure is extremely complex.

On the opposite side of the street is 182 East 73rd, a neo-Romanesque brick building with rows of stone runners and cornices that separate the various floors from each other. Above the fourth floor is the inscription "S KAYTON & CO." in the middle of a console with round arches . Many of the windows are also set in round arches.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Anne Covell: National Register of Historic Places nomination, East 73rd Street Historic District ( English ) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. February 1981. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oprhp.state.ny.us
  2. ↑ 171 East 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 180 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ 175 East 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 113 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ 166 E. 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org
  5. ↑ 161 E. 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 225 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  6. ↑ 163 E. 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 149 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  7. ↑ 168 E. 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 267 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  8. ↑ 170 E. 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 188 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  9. ↑ 172–174 E. 73rd St. Building (PDF; 190 kB) Retrieved December 23, 2010., New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; May 13, 1980.
  10. ↑ 178 E. 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 176 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  11. ↑ 177–79 E. 73rd St. Building ( English , PDF; 152 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  12. ↑ 182 E. 73rd St. Building (PDF; 177 kB) New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 13, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2010.

Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 15 ″  N , 73 ° 57 ′ 39 ″  W.