The Isabella Merritt Hawley House - 49 West 71st Street

In January 1885, architect John Sexton filed plans for seven four-story brownstone houses on the north side of West 71st Street…

The Lost Bonheur Studios - 132 and 132-A West 79th Street

The Architectural Record captioned this photograph "An Amusing Street Front."  Note the free-standing porch newels w…

The 1903 Pi Upsilon Fraternity House - 627 West 115th Street

The relocation of Columbia University's campus from Midtown to Morningside Heights left fraternity houses far to the south.…

Ritch & Griffiths's 1861 27 Mercer Street

image via premierequities.com In 1866 the trustees of the estate of Charlotte Gomez contracted the architectural firm of Ritch …

The 1846 Benjamin F. Wheelwright House - 29 West 8th Street

In January 1832, "sundry persons" petitioned the Board of Aldermen to change the name of the Bowery above 6th Street …

The Mary C. Canty House - 239 East 31st Street

Completed around 1854, 151 East 31st Street was one of a long row of identical, brick-faced houses between Second and Third Avenu…