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118-124 East 36th Street. No. 120 - Former residence of Col. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State in President Hoover's Cabinet. 1937.
118-124 East 36th Street, 1937
Unlabeled image of 119-121 E. 35th Street.
119-121 E. 35th Street
123 East 35th Street. Originally the James F. D. Lanier House.
123 East 35th Street, 1916
First terra-cotta building erected in New York City, 15 East 36th Street, 1892.
15 East 36th Street, 1892
152-162 East 37th Street.
152-162 East 37th Street
26 East 36th Street, 1920.
26 East 36th Street, 1920
34th Street looking east from Fifth Avenue, 1880. The north side of the street is the eventual site of the B. Altman department store (now the CUNY Graduate Center).
34th Street looking east from Fifth Avenue, 1880
34th Street looking toward the East River, 1936. Abandoned L.I.R.R. Ferry Terminus with derelict 'Mount Hood' in the slip
34th Street looking toward East River, 1936
34th Street looking west from Second Avenue, 1931. Elevated train structure running from Third Avenue to the East River. This branch was the first to use electricity experimentation prior to electrifying the lines.
34th Street looking west from Second Avenue, 1931
Waldorf-Astoria, Stewart Mansion, Art Gallery of Samuel P. Avery, and the Caswell Mansion at corner of 35th Street and Fifth Avenue, 1899.
35th Street and Fifth Avenue, 1899
36th Street looking west from First Avenue, 1939.
36th Street looking west from First Avenue, 1939
Homes on 37th Street near Park Avenue. Exact location and date unknown.
37th Street near Park Avenue
71st Regiment Armory in 1906.
71st Regiment Armory, 1906
Drawing of the 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue and 34th Street, southeast corner.
71st Regiment Armory, turn of the century
Drawing of the A. T. Stewart Mansion, northwest corner Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, 1869. Built on the site of the Townsend Residence. The Stewart Mansion housed the Manhattan Club from 1890-1899.
A. T. Stewart Mansion, 1869
Drawing of the Architects Building, northeast corner of Park Avenue and 40th Street, 1913. Grand Central Terminal at the left.
Architects Building, 1913
Fifth Avenue looking north from 34th Street, 1924. B. Altman in foreground. There are holes on the upper-right corner and throughout the left side of the image.
B. Altman Building, 1924
Block of dwelling houses, east side from 42nd Street, 1858.
Block of dwelling houses, 1858
View south down Fifth Avenue from intersection with 34th Street. Northwest corner (foreground): residence of Caroline Astor at 350 Fifth Ave. Future site of the Astoria Hotel erected in 1897. Southwest corner (background): Waldorf Hotel; built in 1893 on the former site of William Astor's home.
Caroline Astor Residence, 1893
Carriage House, 149 East 38th Street, 1939. Modelled after Dutch townhouse. Originally the George S. Bowdoin Stable. Architect: Ralph S. Townsend.
Carriage House, 149 East 38th Street, 1939
Charles Coster Home, Park Avenue at 37th Street, northwest corner, 1931. Now 50 Park Avenue.
Charles Coster House, Park Avenue and 37th Street
Church of St. John the Baptist, 1900. Northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and 35th Street. Demolished 1939.
Church of St. John the Baptist, 1900
Church of the Covenant, 1890, Park Avenue and 35th Street, northwest corner.
Church of the Covenant, 1890
Church of the Holy Trinity, 42nd Street and Madison Avenue, looking east from Fifth Avenue toward Grand Central Depot, 1890. Written on the photo negative:
Church of the Holy Trinity, 1890
The Church of the Messiah, Park Avenue and 34th Street. Dedicated 1868. Railroad extends north to 42nd Street, 1890. The residence on the left is the site of the Vanderbilt Hotel.
Church of the Messiah
Construction site across from Grand Central.
Construction site across from Grand Central Terminal
Drawing of Croton Cottage, Fifth Avenue at 40th Street - southeast corner, 1865. The cottage sat across 5th Ave. from the Croton Reservoir.
Croton Cottage, Fifth Avenue at 40th Street, 1865
Detail from Ratzer Map, 1766, showing Inclenberg and Robert Murray's farm.
Detail, Ratzer Map, 1766
Dr. Townsend's Residence. Built: 1853-1855. Razed: 1864. Northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
Dr. Townsend’s Residence
Drawing of the John D. Wendel Home, Fifth Avenue and 39th Street - northwest corner.
Drawing of the John D. Wendel Home
From caption: #140 East 39th St. ; 1919.
East 39th Street, 1919
Fifth Avenue, east side looking north from 42nd - 43rd Streets, 1898.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 1898
Fifth Avenue looking north from 40th Street. New York Public Library, Bristol Hotel, 1916.
Fifth Avenue looking north from 40th Street, 1916
Fifth Avenue looking south from 42nd Street, towards New York Public Library, 1927.
Fifth Avenue looking south from 42nd Street, 1927
Fifth Church of Christ Scientist, Madison Avenue and 38th Street, southeast corner, 1915. Formerly occupied by the Dutch Reform Church.
Fifth Church of Christ Scientist, Madison Avenue and 38th Street, southeast corner, 1915
Fourth Avenue (now Park Avenue South) in 1875 looking north from 32nd Street. Train exit from tunnel is visible two blocks up at 34th Street.
Fourth Ave looking north from 32nd Street, 1875
Fraternity Clubs Building, 22 East 38th Street, east side looking south from 38th Street, 1927.
Fraternity Clubs Building, 22 East 38th Street, 1927
Grand Central Depot - 1870's. Grand Central Depot opened in 1871 for the New York and Harlem Railroad and the New Haven Railroad. Architect: John B. Snook in association with engineer Isaac C. Buckhout. Original glass and metal train shed designed by R.G. Hatfield.
Grand Central Depot, 1870’s
Grand Central Depot, 1890. Grand Central Depot opened in 1871 for the New York and Harlem Railroad and the New Haven Railroad. Architect: John B. Snook in association with engineer Isaac C. Buckhout. Original glass and metal train shed designed by R.G. Hatfield.
Grand Central Depot, 1890
Grand Central, 1921, looking east on 42nd Street, 1921.
Grand Central Terminal, 1921
Grand Union Hotel, Park Avenue between 41st and 42nd Streets, east side, 1914.
Grand Union Hotel, 1914
Iron railing, 123 E. 35th Street.
Iron railing, 123 East 35th Street
John D. Wendel Home and Barn, Fifth Avenue and 39th Street - northwest corner. 1932.
John D. Wendel Home and Barn, 1932
View of the barn, John D. Wendel Home, Fifth Avenue and 39th Street - northwest corner, 1932.
John D. Wendel Home and Barn, 39th Street, 1932
Keyser Estate, Park Avenue and 40th Street, from D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1865.
Keyser Estate, 1865
Kip Mansion. Once stood on Second Avenue and what is now the intersection of 35th Street. Built by the family of Jacobus Kip: 1696.
Kip’s Mansion
Knickerbocker Trust Company - succeeded the Stewart Mansion at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, 1910.
Knickerbocker Trust Company, 1910
Lexington Avenue, west side looking south between 38th and 37th Streets, 1924. Demolished 1940, replaced by Lindley House.
Lexington Avenue and 38th Street, 1924
Lexington Avenue, looking south from 41st Street, 1924.
Lexington Avenue, looking south from 41st Street, 1924
Madison Avenue looking north from 35th Street, 1925.
Madison Avenue looking north from 35th Street, 1925
Madison Avenue looking north from 39th - 40th Streets. Northeast corner of 39th Street demolished in 1925.
Madison Avenue looking north from 39th - 40th Streets
Murray Hill Hotel, Park Avenue, west side between 40th and 41st Streets, 1918.
Murray Hill Hotel, 1918
Murray Hill Theatre, 1904, Lexington Avenue. The theater's entrances are on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue.
Murray Hill Theatre, 1904
Old auction lot map of 36th and 37th Streets between Madison and Park Avenues. The only remaining buildings are the brownstone on the north side of 37th Street and the Morgan Library's Book Store building (formerly the Lutheran Church in America) on Madison and 37th Street. Circa 1860's.
Old auction lot map of 36th and 37th Streets between Madison and Park Avenues
Drawing of old carriage houses, 155-161 East 35th Street, looking west from Third Avenue, 1935. Minor tears on bottom center of drawing.
Old Carriage Houses, 155-161 East 35th Street, 1935
Old carriage houses, 155-161 East 35th Street, 1929.
Old Carriage Houses, 1929
Drawing of an residence on Madison Avenue and 40th Street from D. T. Valentine's Manual, 1865.
Old Residence on Madison Avenue and 40th Street, 1865
Caption reads: A. Weingarnter's Lithy. N.Y., for D. T. Valentine's Manual / Drawing of Old Residences on Murray Hill, Lexington Avenue near 37th Street on the Old Boston Post Road, 1858.
Old Residences on Murray Hill, 1858
Old Stables, 29-39 East 35th Street, 1931.
Old Stables, 29-39 East 35th Street, 1931
Park Avenue looking west on 39th Street, 1936. Princeton Club at left.
Park Ave looking west on 39th Street, 1936
Park Avenue near 37th Street, northeast side. Garden established by residents to beautify this vacant lot, 1915.
Park Ave near 37th Street, northeast side, 1915
Park Avenue tunnel entrance near 33rd Street during construction of subway, 1900.
Park Ave Tunnel near 33rd Street, 1900
Park Avenue looking north from 34th Street, 1925.
Park Avenue and 34th Street, 1925
Park Avenue and 38th Street, looking north towards Grand Central Terminal.
Park Avenue and 38th Street
Park Avenue, southwest corner of 39th Street, 1920's.
Park Avenue and East 39th Street, 1920’s
Park Avenue at 40th Street. Murray Hill Hotel, Belmont Hotel and Grand Central Station, 1920s.
Park Avenue at 40th Street, 1920’s
Park Avenue looking east on 39th Street, 1935. Princeton Club, Model Home on far corner operated for public inspection by the New York Committee of Better Homes in America.
Park Avenue looking east on 39th Street, 1935
Drawing looking north along Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) from between 31st and 32nd Streets, mid-1850's. At left, with the flag, is the Brandes Hotel and Restaurant; to its right, in the block now occupied by Two Park Avenue, are the ticket office, locomotive house and smith shop of the New York and Harlem Railroad, this location having been dictated by an 1842 ban on the use of steam power south of 32nd Street. Horsecars from downtown, arriving here a the city's then northern limits, are being assembled into a steam-driven train for Boston, while the animals, unhitched, are refreshed for the return trip or retired to the railroad's stables off to the right. In the background is the 34h Street bridge over the entrance to the railroad-out through Murray Hill, whose side streets are being built up with row houses and the Zion Protestant Episcopal Church (Madison and 38th), while Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) still remains mostly undeveloped.
Park Avenue looking north from 31st Street, 1850’s
Park Avenue looking north from 38th Street, 1928.
Park Avenue looking north from 38th Street, 1928
Park Avenue looking north from 41st Street, 1918. Grand Central Terminal, Commodore hotel, Pershing Square.
Park Avenue looking north from 41st Street, 1918
Park Avenue looking south from 41st Street, 1870.
Park Avenue south from 41st Street, 1870
Pershing Square Building, 1923.
Pershing Square Building
Robert Murray's Wharf. George Washington landed at Murray's Wharf (foot of Wall Street) to take the Oath as First President of the United States on April 23, 1789.
Plaque commemorating George Washington’s landing at Murray’s Wharf
Princeton Club, Park Avenue at E. 39th Street, 1930.
Princeton Club, 1930
Second Avenue
Second Avenue “El”,1929
Sniffen Court, 36th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues, 1916. Photograph badly torn along left side.
Sniffen Court, 1916
Sniffen Court, 150-158 East 36th Street, 1937.
Sniffen Court, East 36th Street, 1937
Drawing of squatters near 38th Street between First and Second Avenues, 1858.
Squatters near 38th Street between First and Second Avenues, 1858
Drawing of squatters. View from school house on 42nd Street between Second and Third Avenues looking north, 1870.
Squatters, 1870
St. Gabriel's Church, 300-310 East 37th Street. Built: 1859; Razed: 1939; Architect: Henry Engelbert.
St. Gabriel’s Church
St. Gabriel's Park, East 36th Street looking north from First Avenue, 1939.
St. Gabriel’s Park, East 36th Street, 1939
View looking west along 42nd Street. Grand Central Depot is to the right. Street cars run along the street past the station.
Street cars, Grand Central Depot, 1890
Tablet erected in honor of Mary Murray by the Knickerbocker Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution on Park Avenue and 37th Street in 1903.
Tablet erected in 1903 to honor Mary Murray
Tablet erected in honor of Mary Murray by the Mary Murray Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution on the southwest corner of Park Avenue and 35th Street in 1926
Tablet erected in 1926 to honor Mary Murray
Tablet erected in honor of Mary Murray on the southwest corner of Park Avenue and E. 35th Street. Replaces an earlier tablet which was stolen in 1994.
Tablet erected in 1994 to honor Mary Murray
The Caster Estate, Lexington Avenue between 35th and 36th Streets, from D. T. Valentine's Manual, 1865.
The Caster Estate, 1865
Drawing of 'The Old Porch,' Lexington Avenue and 37th Street, 1873.
The old porch, 1873
Drawing of the oldest house, foot of Murray Hill, corner Third Avenue and 34th Street, 1865, from D. T. Valentine's Manual.
The Oldest House Foot of Murray Hill, 1865
Third Avenue looking north from 34th Street, 1939.
Third Avenue looking north from 34th Street, 1939
Third Avenue looking north from 37th Street. Image dated 1939.
Third Avenue looking north from 37th Street
Third Avenue looking south from 37th Street, 1939.
Third Avenue looking south from 37th Street, 1939
Third Avenue looking north from 34th Street.
Third Avenue north from 34th Street, 1936
Twin Frame Houses, Lexington Avenue and corner of 33rd Street, from D. T. Valentine's Manual, 1865.
Twin frame houses, 1865
Union League Club, 1930, Fifth Avenue and 39th Street - northeast corner.
Union League Club, 1930
Union League Club, 38 E. 37th Street, southwest corner, 1936.
Union League Club, 1936
Victorian townhouses, with bare tree branches at right.
Unknown townhouses
Vanderbilt Hotel, looking south on Park Avenue from 34th Street, 1919.
Vanderbilt Hotel, 1919
Grand Central Depot, 1890. Grand Central Depot opened in 1871 for the New York and Harlem Railroad and the New Haven Railroad. Architect: John B. Snook in association with engineer Isaac C. Buckhout. Original glass and metal train shed designed by R.G. Hatfield.
View of Grand Central Depot from Lexington Avenue, 1890
Drawing of Second Avenue looking up from 42nd Street, 1861.
View of Second Avenue looking up from 42nd Street, 1861
Drawing of Coventry Waddell's Villa, Fifth Avenue and 38th Street, 1845. The idea of putting policemen in uniform was originated by James Gerard, who, at a fancy dress ball in this house, wore a costume that illustrated this. His idea was adopted with the uniforms similar to those worn today.
William H. Coventry Waddell Villa, 1845
Drawing of the Wooley House, 1873, once called the Murray House, Fifth Avenue and 37th Street.
Wooley House, 1873