Isaac L. Rice Mansion | |
Location | 346 West 89th Street, New York, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°47′29″N73°58′45″W / 40.79139°N 73.97917°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1901 |
Architect | Herts & Tallant |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts, Italianate, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 80002711 [1] |
NYCL No. | 1089 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 25, 1980 [1] |
Designated NYCL | February 19, 1980 [2] |
The Isaac L. Rice Mansion (also the Isaac L. Rice House, Villa Julia, and the Solomon Schinasi House) is a mansion at 346 West 89th Street and Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by Herts & Tallant and built between 1901 and 1903 for the family of the businessman Isaac Rice and his wife Julia. Several further expansions in the 20th century, designed by C. P. H. Gilbert, Bloch & Hesse, and William Lazinsk, are similar in style to the original building. The Rice Mansion has served as a yeshiva, or Jewish school, since 1954 and is one of only two free-standing mansions extant on Riverside Drive. The house is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The mansion was designed in a mixture of the Colonial Revival, Italianate, Georgian, and Beaux-Arts architectural styles. The facade is made of brick and marble and is four stories high, with an attic and basement; it is surrounded by a marble perimeter wall. There is a double-height entrance arch along Riverside Drive. On 89th Street, the first two stories are curved outward and contain a porte-cochère and a carved bas relief panel. The building is topped by a hip roof, clad with Spanish tile. The mansion's interior was decorated in classical architectural styles, and was intentionally designed to be soundproof. It was built with spaces such as a main hall, library, and dining room on the main floor; a chess room in the basement; and bedrooms on the upper stories. Although various subsequent tenants have modified the interior spaces over the years, the house largely retains its original interior layout.
At the end of the 19th century, Isaac Rice and his wife Julia sought to erect a residence in a quiet part of New York City. The Rices bought the site at Riverside Drive and 89th Street in 1900 and hired Herts and Tallant to design a house there. The Rice family decided to move to the Ansonia Hotel in 1907 and sold it to the tobacconist Solomon Schinasi, whose family modified the house in 1908, 1912, and 1927. The Schinasi family lived there until around 1945, after which the Heckscher Foundation for Children leased it. Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim acquired the house in 1954. The yeshiva attempted to sell and demolish the mansion in the late 1970s, prompting a heated dispute with local preservationists. The house was taken over in 1988 by another Jewish day school, Yeshiva Ketana, which restored the house in the 1990s. There has been architectural commentary of the house over the years.
The Isaac L. Rice Mansion is at 346 West 89th Street, at the southeast corner with Riverside Drive, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [3] [4] The house occupies an irregular plot with frontage of 148 feet (45 m) wide on 89th Street to the north and 116 feet (35 m) on Riverside Drive to the west; the plot extends 100 feet (30 m) back from 89th Street. [5] [6] [lower-alpha 1] The house itself is rectangular, measuring roughly 62 by 38 feet (19 by 12 m), with a semicircular annex to the south and a rectangular annex to the southeast. It is aligned with the rest of the Manhattan street grid (parallel to 89th Street and neighboring buildings), toward the eastern portion of the site. [4] When the house was finished in the early 1900s, the rest of the grounds were originally composed of terraced gardens. [9] [10]
The house was originally surrounded by a brick wall designed by Herts & Tallant, who had also designed the rest of the mansion. [10] The wall was described as a solid masonry structure measuring 7 feet (2.1 m) high, interspersed with six pillars measuring 15 feet (4.6 m) high. [11] The brick perimeter wall was demolished in 1912 because it protruded past the lot line, and it was replaced by a marble wall designed by C. P. H. Gilbert. [10] The house is across from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument within Riverside Park to the west. [12] Rice had specifically selected the site of his house because it faced the monument, [7] and the mansion's marble perimeter wall is designed in a similar style to the monument's balustrades. [10] The Rice Mansion is also near the Normandy apartment building, which is two blocks to the south. [12]
The house was one of several freestanding mansions that were built along Riverside Drive and Park in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, [2] [8] at a time when developers envisioned Riverside Drive as a rival to the millionaires' row on Fifth Avenue. [13] [14] The plot immediately to the south was owned by the brewer George Ehret and the department store retailer Benjamin Altman in the late 19th century, neither of whom built their houses there. Immediately to the north was a house belonging to Elizabeth Clark (whose family owned the Dakota apartment building). [14] As part of an agreement that Altman made with William W. Hall in 1898, the Rice Mansion site was restricted to single-family residential use and could not be more than four stories high. [7] By the early 21st century, the Rice Mansion was one of two remaining freestanding mansions on Riverside Drive, along with the Schinasi Mansion. [15] The Rice Mansion was also the only mansion on the avenue that retained some of its original gardens; [16] the other mansions had mostly been replaced with apartment buildings. [17]
The Isaac L. Rice Mansion was designed for the businessman and lawyer Isaac L. Rice by Herts & Tallant, [18] [3] who were known for designing Broadway theaters such as the New Amsterdam, Liberty, and Lyceum. [19] The mansion was designed in a mixture of the Colonial Revival, Italianate, and Georgian styles, [19] and it also incorporates Beaux-Arts architectural elements. [18] [20] Early-20th-century sources also described the house as being patterned after an Italian villa [21] or a Swiss chalet. [22] C. P. H. Gilbert designed an annex in 1908 and a marble perimeter wall in 1912, [10] while Bloch & Hesse and William Lazinsk were responsible for additional annexes in 1927. [23] All of these additions were designed in a similar style to Herts & Tallant's original mansion. [23]
The facade is made of brick and marble and is four stories high, with an attic and basement. [24] The use of brick in the facade is common among neo-Georgian buildings of the time, whereas the marble details were intended to be reminiscent of the Beaux-Arts style. [25] Marble was used for the stairs, gardens, terraces, and archway. [26]
The primary elevation of the mansion's facade faces west toward Riverside Drive and is divided vertically into three bays. [4] There is an entrance on the second story of the Riverside Drive elevation, accessed via a wide exterior stairway. [8] [24] A source from the house's construction described the stairway as measuring 40 feet (12 m) wide. [9] The original plans called for twenty granite steps, with a stone balustrade and electric lamps on either side, [27] but the staircase as built has ten steps. [4] The stairway to the house was narrowed in 1912 when the balustrade around the mansion was rebuilt. [28]
The Riverside Drive entrance is a double-height arch, [24] which rises to the third story. [4] [18] The archway is similar to the New Amsterdam Theatre's original archway, which the firm also designed. [20] The lower portion of the arch is flanked by a pair of engaged columns in the Tuscan order. [24] Within the arch, the walls are faced in marble. [20] The arch has a second-story doorway topped by a pediment and a double window. The upper portion of the arch is outlined by a string course with modillions. [8] [20] A keystone shaped like a console bracket is placed at the very top of the arch. [20] [25] On either side of the arched doorway, the second story forms a piano nobile flanked by Tuscan or Doric engaged columns. [24] Miniature balustrades with stone panels are placed in front of the entrance. [20] Above the story is an entablature with modillions, which is interrupted by the archway. [24] The third-story windows have flat lintels influenced by English architecture. [8] String courses run horizontally across the facade at the third and fourth stories as well. [20]
On 89th Street, the first two stories are curved outward from the rest of the building and are clad with marble. At ground level, there is a porte-cochère for vehicles, which is composed of two segmental arches leading to a ground-floor entrance. [8] [24] Each arch is topped by a keystone. [20] Between the arches of the porte-cochère is a carved bas relief panel depicting six children, who might represent the Rices' sons and daughters. [14] [24] The sculpture is attributed to Louis St. Lannes (or Lanne), who also designed a statue outside the Rice Memorial Stadium in Pelham Bay Park. [20] The second story consists of windows with Doric engaged columns on either side, above which is an entablature with modillions. [20] There is another porte-cochère on 89th Street, which is attached to the house; [17] the one-story structure fits two cars and was designed by Bloch and Hesse in 1927. [4]
The rest of the original facade is made of brick and is topped by a cornice with modillions and escutcheons. [20] A hip roof, clad with Spanish tile, overhangs the cornice. [24] The north side of the roof has a skylight. The western and eastern sides of the roof each have three dormer windows that illuminate the attic, while the southern side has a single dormer. The house was originally constructed with four chimneys, two each to the west and east. There is also a brick elevator shaft to the east. [20]
At the southeast corner is a two-story annex designed by Gilbert in 1908. [10] This annex is attached to the original mansion's eastern wall, which has very little ornamentation. [28] Gilbert also added a semicircular bay to the southern elevation, similar to the design of the original mansion. [10] The semicircular bay contains windows flanked by Doric engaged columns, as well as an entablature above the second story. [28] The southern elevation additionally includes a two-story arched entrance, which is similar to the design of the Riverside Drive arch. The southern arch is topped by a keystone, and there are three windows above the arch. [4]
Isaac Rice and his wife Julia Barnett Rice had wanted the house to be soundproof because their six children (Muriel, Dorothy, Isaac Leopold Jr., Marion, Marjorie, and Julian) made much noise. [29] The mansion's interior was decorated in classical architectural styles, [30] with marble fireplaces, wooden ceilings, stained glass windows, and a marble staircase. [25] Although various subsequent tenants have modified the interior spaces over the years, the house largely retained its original interior layout in the late 20th century. [25] [31] Many of the original fireplace mantels also remain in place, [31] along with wood paneling. [30] The mechanical and electrical systems have also been upgraded. The original house had one elevator, and a second elevator was constructed in 1927. [31] [32]
The main hall measures 35 by 35 feet (11 by 11 m). [9] Its ceiling is made of plaster and is divided into coffers with rinceaux and foliate motifs. On the northern and southern walls of the main hall are tall doorways with moldings and pilasters, which lead to various rooms. [31] The room to the north is the former library, whose eastern wall contains an elaborate fireplace mantel. The library's mantel is flanked by pilasters with ornate capitals, which support a shelf with carved rinceaux and a central medallion. [31] When the Rices lived in the mansion, the library had a carving of a blind beggar (which Dorothy Rice reportedly sculpted using only a hairpin), as well as a bronze bust of a rabbi also designed by Dorothy. [33] South of the main hall was the dining room, which had wood paneling relocated from the St. Louis World's Fair. [31] [32] One source from 1907 described it as "one of the handsomest rooms in the house", with 40 types of wood used in the ceiling and walls. [33]
In the basement, there was a chess room where Isaac Rice often arranged matches with overseas competitors. [14] [29] [34] Designed in the Arts and Crafts style, [35] the chess room was a double-height space [9] measuring 22 by 22 feet (6.7 by 6.7 m), with space for six tables. [34] The room had a ventilation system, [33] [34] and it was soundproofed so Isaac could concentrate during matches. [29] [34] Other features of the house included wine vaults, billiards rooms, a fitness room, a studio, an infirmary room, and a garage that could fit several vehicles. [9] The fourth floor contained a gymnasium for the Rice children. [26]
The house's original staircase was made of wood; this was replaced in 1908 by an iron-and-marble stairway, designed by Gilbert in the Italianate style. [23] The lower part of the staircase has a marble balustrade with coats of arms and rosettes. On the upper stories, the staircase has an iron balustrade with rosettes, as well as landings with protruding balconies. [31] The upper stories were used as bedrooms. Each of the Rice children designed their bedrooms according to their own tastes; for example, Isaac Jr. and Julian decorated their respective room with machinery. [33] On the fourth floor, there is a room with a plaster ceiling that contains moldings, a frieze, and geometric motifs. [31]
At the end of the 19th century, Isaac and Julia sought to erect a residence in a quiet part of New York City, away from Broadway. [36] The Rices initially obtained a 75-by-100-foot (23 by 30 m) site at 88th Street and Riverside Drive from Egbert Viele, [5] [6] paying $125,000 for that site in June 1899. [37] Isaac Rice was reportedly convinced to buy the neighboring plot to the north. at 89th Street, while observing a parade from the roof of Viele's house. [38] In October, the Rices bought the site to the north for $225,000 [5] or $235,000. [6] As partial compensation, Isaac Rice relinquished ownership of the 88th Street site. [5] [6] Rice planned to spend $200,000 to erect the residence on 89th Street. [27] [39] The Real Estate Record and Guide predicted that the mansion would be "another handsome dwelling in an avenue which, during the year, has sprung into architectural and social fame". [40]
Herts and Tallant submitted blueprints for a four-to-five-story brick-and-stone mansion to the New York City Department of Buildings in August 1900. [27] [41] The original plans called for the mansion to occupy the center of its site. [7] There were to be features such as a garage, gymnasium, chess room, grand stair, observatory tower, billiard room, and private clinic. [41] [42] The Building & Sanitary Inspection Company was given the contract for the plumbing and ventilation. [43] Herts & Tallant submitted updated plans for the mansion in August 1901; [44] the house was relocated eastward, allowing a grand entrance on Riverside Drive while complementing the adjoining row houses on 89th Street. [7] The structure was built up to the third story by January 1902. [45] By the end of the year, the house was nearly complete. [9] Its final cost was estimated at $750,000, not including furniture. [9] [46] The Rices' perimeter fence protruded several feet onto the sidewalk along both Riverside Drive and 89th Street, though Rice had obtained the city government's permission to erect the fence. [47]
When the house was completed in 1903, [14] Rice called it "Villa Julia" after his wife. [13] [48] He sometimes hosted chess matches at the house, [49] such as college tournaments and at least one international collegiate match conducted by cablegram. [50] Isaac Rice rehired Herts & Tallant in 1906 to design a one-story annex at a cost of $25,000. [51] By the mid-1900s, Julia Rice had become annoyed that tugboats on the Hudson River (near the house) made frequent noises, [14] [52] saying the noise made it impossible for Riverside Drive residents to sleep. [53] [54] After a student counted almost 3,000 horn blasts near the house in a single night, [54] [55] Julia established the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise at the house in early 1907. [56] Tugboat operators protested outside her house, [52] but the effort ultimately led to federal legislation limiting noise from tugboats. [52] [55] The city government sought to have the mansion's perimeter wall removed by mid-1906, [47] after government officials received complaints from several neighbors. [11] Though Rice argued that other Riverside Drive residences had taller fences, he was ordered to demolish his perimeter wall in January 1907; [57] litigation over the wall continued for months. [58]
In 1907, the Rice family decided to move to the Ansonia Hotel. [14] [35] Various reasons are given for the relocation, including that year's financial crisis, [14] [59] the fact that the Rices spent much of their time elsewhere, [35] and Julia Rice's fight against tugboat noise. [60] [61] Julia herself cited noise from the tugboats, and from the New York Central Railroad's West Side Line, as the reason for her decision to move to the Ansonia. [62] The tobacconist Solomon Schinasi, whose brother Morris was developing the Schinasi Mansion further north, [63] bought the Rice Mansion in December 1907 for $600,000. [60] [61] He paid cash for the home and also took over the house's $175,000 mortgage. [60] [64] Schinasi had reportedly not even considered buying the Rice Mansion until shortly before his purchase was finalized. [38] A judge ruled the same month that the mansion's perimeter wall had to be removed. [58]
In April 1908, C. P. H. Gilbert submitted plans to the New York City Department of Buildings for the construction of a three-story extension, which was to cost $38,000. [65] [66] The work involved removing the main stairway and elevator to make way for a new entrance. [65] The W. L. Crow Construction Company was hired as the general contractor for the annex's construction, [67] while D. S. Hess & Co. was given the contract for the interior decorations. [68] Meanwhile, the city's park commissioner initially refrained from demolishing the Rice Mansion's perimeter wall, as he was awaiting the outcome of another lawsuit involving the removal of sidewalk obstructions. [69] The second lawsuit was decided in the park commissioner's favor in June 1911, and the wall was demolished shortly thereafter. [69] Schinasi hired Gilbert in 1912 to design a new perimeter wall, [70] [71] and Bunn and Nase were hired to build the wall. [71] Solomon, his son Leon, and his adoptive daughter Nellie Schrater Stoeve lived there. Nellie described herself as being "as much a domestic slave of the Schinasi family as though I had really been a prisoner" while at the mansion. [72]
Solomon Schinasi lived in the house until 1919, when he died there of heart disease. [73] Leon and Nellie continued to live there. [72] Leon married Ruby Smith Salmon in 1926, [74] and Ruby is recorded as having moved to the house; [75] she also kicked Nellie out. [72] The next year, Leon developed a garage on 89th Street and modified the southern facade of the house. [28] Upon Leon's death in 1930, he bequeathed the house and the objects inside to Ruby, [76] who continued to live there with their two children. [77] By 1935, the general costs of the mansion amounted to $35,000 annually. [78] In 1940, a New York Surrogate's Court judge authorized Ruby to spend $2,000 to redecorate her daughter's bedroom inside the house. [79]
The Schinasi family continued to live in the house until around 1945, [28] and it leased the house out during the mid-20th century. [35] The Heckscher Foundation for Children leased the house in the mid-1940s. [80] [81] A New York Times article from 1946 described the house as hosting rehearsals twice a week, in addition to dance rehearsals and "other forms of welfare work". [82]
Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, a yeshiva (traditional Jewish school) for Orthodox Jewish students, acquired the house in June 1954 at an assessed price of $300,000. [83] The yeshiva had originally been the Radin Yeshiva, which had relocated from Poland after World War II. [84] Chofetz Chaim had moved into the house by the end of the year, [85] using the mansion as a school while retaining the house's original decorations. [81] The yeshiva opened a high school in Tallman, New York, in 1964 but kept ownership of the house at 346 West 89th Street. [84] The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) considered designating the house as a landmark in 1973 but ultimately declined to do so. [86] [2]
In 1979, Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim indicated that it wanted to sell the Rice Mansion because it was too small for the school and too expensive to maintain. The yeshiva's dean, Emerich Feigelstock, said the school needed money and that a developer might offer $1.5 million to $2.5 million. [86] The developer, rumored to be a Canadian firm, [86] would have replaced the mansion with a high-rise tower with up to 40 apartments, as well as classrooms for the yeshiva. [25] Local residents formed the Citizens' Coalition to Preserve the Isaac L. Rice Mansion. The group and the yeshiva could not agree on a potential buyer for the mansion or an alternate location for the school. [86] Feigelstock said in September 1979 that he had identified a developer who was willing to pay $2 million, whereas a buyer selected by Citizens' Coalition wanted to pay only $250,000. [87] The LPC held a hearing on the mansion that month, amid continuing disputes over the mansion. [88] Feigelstock maintained that the building had no historical or architectural importance because Rice was unknown to him. [59] [86] The LPC designated the Rice Mansion as a landmark in February 1980. [18]
The LPC's designation had to be approved by the New York City Board of Estimate, and Jewish groups and local residents continued to debate it acrimoniously. [17] One New York Times article that the discussions were marked by "suggestions of anti-Semitism and allusions to connections with figures in nursing-home scandals". [86] Opponents of the designation believed that a decision over the building's preservation was outside the LPC's purview, [25] [89] while supporters did not want the house to be demolished. [19] [90] New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger said the residents' reasons for saving the mansion were inherently selfish in nature. [17] By a margin of one vote, the Board of Estimate confirmed the house's landmark designation in June 1980. [90] [91] The building was also placed on the New York State Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places, and the offer to buy the mansion was withdrawn. [91] The LPC designation meant that, if the yeshiva had difficulties financing the building's maintenance, the city had to find a new owner for the mansion, [19] [91] and demolition was more difficult. [12] In 1987, the LPC proposed including the house in the planned Riverside-West End Historic District, [92] which was designated as a city historic district three years later. [93]
The house was taken over in 1988 by another Jewish day school, Yeshiva Ketana, which had 200 students. [14] Yeshiva Ketana was one of several Orthodox Jewish day schools in the neighborhood. [94] The yeshiva began raising money for repairs to the Rice Mansion, including a $250,000 renovation of the roof, which was partly funded by a private grant. The school had difficulty raising money for other repairs, including the construction of a second staircase to four rooms on the roof, so it asked the local preservation group Landmark West for assistance. [14] Yeshiva Ketana replaced the mansion's roof in the late 1990s. [14] [95] The roof caught fire in December 1997, shortly after its renovation was completed; though the upper stories were severely damaged, repairs to the roof were delayed until the end of the school year. Because the house was a designated city landmark, the New York Landmarks Conservancy and other local groups provided funding to restore the damaged roof. [95]
In 1999, Yeshiva Ketana proposed converting the house's dust-filled yard into a playground, but local residents opposed the plan. [96] By the early 21st century, local residents accused Yeshiva Ketana of not adequately maintaining the house and complained to both the LPC and the New York City Department of Buildings, the latter of which fined the yeshiva. [96] The house was still known as the Rice Mansion or the Rice House. [59] The New York Times described the house in 2005 as dilapidated, with cracks in the masonry; damaged or missing copper decorations; and a yard filled with dust that blew into nearby houses. [96] Yeshiva Ketana continued to occupy the building in the 2020s. [52] [59]
Upon the house's completion, the Democrat and Chronicle called the house "one of the finest houses in New York, both in its exterior aspect and its interior arrangement". [9] When the building was designated as a landmark in 1980, Paul Goldberger wrote that the Rice Mansion was "a handsome freestanding mansion, mixing the beaux arts and neo-Georgian styles in the eclectic manner", in a manner akin to the Andrew Carnegie Mansion on the Upper East Side. [17] Goldberger also wrote that the house was "at once grand and pleasantly eccentric", especially considering the design of its porte-cochere. [12] A writer for the SoHo News write that the house's Riverside Drive facade augmented the avenue because it faced the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, while the 89th Street elevation inspired the design of the adjacent row houses. [25] Christopher Gray, another architectural historian, said the house was "superior to many" existing city-designated landmarks. [48]
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108 Leonard, formerly known as 346 Broadway, the New York Life Insurance Company Building, and the Clock Tower Building, is a residential structure in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built from 1894 to 1898, the building was constructed for the New York Life Insurance Company. Stephen Decatur Hatch created the original plans while McKim, Mead & White oversaw the building's completion. The building occupies a city block bounded by Broadway to the west, Leonard Street to the north, Lafayette Street to the east, and Catherine Lane to the south. It is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
89th Street is a one-way street running westbound from the East River to Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street is interrupted by Central Park. It runs through the Upper West Side, Carnegie Hill and Yorkville neighborhoods.
The James A. Burden House is a mansion at 7 East 91st Street in the Carnegie Hill section of the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The five-story mansion was designed by architects Warren and Wetmore in the Beaux-Arts style. It was completed in 1905 as the residence of iron entrepreneur James A. Burden Jr. and his wife Florence Sloane Burden. The Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private school, owns the Burden House along with the adjacent Otto H. Kahn House, which is internally connected. The mansion is a New York City designated landmark and, along with the Kahn House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Felix M. Warburg House is a mansion at 1109 Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The house was built from 1907 to 1908 for the German-American Jewish financier Felix M. Warburg and his family. After Warburg's death in 1937, his widow sold the mansion to a real estate developer. When plans to replace the mansion with luxury apartments fell through, ownership of the house reverted to the Warburgs, who then donated it in 1944 to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In 1947, the Seminary opened the Jewish Museum of New York in the mansion. The house was named a New York City designated landmark in 1981 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The William H. Moore House, also known as the Stokes-Moore Mansion and 4 East 54th Street, is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is along 54th Street's southern sidewalk between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue. The building was designed by McKim, Mead & White and constructed between 1898 and 1900 as a private residence.
The Schinasi House is a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2), 35-room marble mansion located at 351 Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built in 1907 for Sephardic Jewish tobacco baron Morris Schinasi. Completed in 1909 at the northeast corner of West 107th Street and Riverside Drive, the three-story, 12,000 square foot mansion was designed in neo-French-Renaissance style by William Tuthill.
Morris Schinasi was an Ottoman-born wealthy American businessman in the tobacco industry.