Park House (New York City)

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Park House
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135 W 58th Street, 1912
Park House (New York City)
General information
Architectural style Beaux-Arts
Location135 West 58th Street
Manhattan, New York 10019
United States
Coordinates 40°45′56.13″N73°58′40.11″W / 40.7655917°N 73.9778083°W / 40.7655917; -73.9778083
Completed1911
Technical details
Floor count9
Design and construction
Architect(s) Walter B. Chambers

Park House (also known as Park House Condominium) is a cooperative apartment building at 135 West 58th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1911 and is considered to be one of the most elegant Beaux-Arts apartment houses in Manhattan.

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Entrance
Floor plan 135W58thSt-New York Apartment House Album-plan.jpg
Floor plan

This handsome Beaux-Arts style building was designed by Walter Boughton Chambers, AIA. Walter B. Chambers founded the Atelier Masqueray-Chambers – the first atelier for architectural studies in the United States based on the French Beaux-Arts system. In 1884, Chambers formed a partnership with Ernest Flagg, and their practice is credited with the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., McClellan Hall and Bingham Hall at Yale University, and the Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper Residence at 45 East 67th Street, New York.

The building's limestone facade is accented by 2 tiers of balconies, the first at the second floor level, and the last on the uppermost (9th) floor. Additionally a juliet balcony hangs from the central window of the 8th floor. The wrought iron railings feature Greek key motifs in the corners.

Originally, the building consisted of one apartment per floor, consisting of 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a library and a 17.5 by 47.5 feet (5.3 by 14.5 m) drawing room and dining room.

History

The Park House was constructed in 1911 by the J. Livingston Construction Co. [1] The architectural firm of Flagg & Chambers, a partnership of Walter B. Chambers and Ernest Flagg, were commissioned to design the 9-story building. In 1912, the Park House won an American Institute of Architects Award in the category "1912, Over Six Stories" [2] for architect Walter B. Chambers.

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References

  1. "58th St, No. 135 W". Manhattan NB Database 1900–1986. Office for Metropolitan History. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. "Annual New York American Institute of Architects Awards". Architecture. Vol. XXXVII, no. 1. January 1918. p. 111.