Red House (Manhattan)

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Red House
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Location350 West 85th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates 40°47′20″N73°58′49″W / 40.78889°N 73.98028°W / 40.78889; -73.98028 Coordinates: 40°47′20″N73°58′49″W / 40.78889°N 73.98028°W / 40.78889; -73.98028
Built1903
Architect Harde & Short
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, French Gothic
NRHP reference No. 83001742 [1]
NYCL No.1265
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983
Designated NYCLSeptember 14, 1982

The Red House is a 1903 apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built on land owned by Canadian architect R. Thomas Short of the Beaux-Arts firm, Harde & Short. He and his firm designed and built the building in a free eclectic mix of French late Gothic. and English Renaissance motifs, using red brick and limestone with bold black-painted mullions in the fenestration. The salamander badge of Henri II appears high on the flanking wings and in the portico frieze. The center is recessed, behind a triple-arched screen.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983.

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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