National Register of Historic Places

Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase)

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
September 11, 2006
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
06000822

About this property

The Upper East Side Historic District is a historic district on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. First designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1981, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Its boundaries were expanded in 2010. The district includes all of the Fifth Avenue properties bordering Central Park from 59th to 78th Street; both sides of Madison Avenue from 61st Street to 77th Street; both sides of Park Avenue from just below 62nd Street to 72nd Street; and portions of both sides of Lexington Avenue from 63rd Street to 75th Street. The district is home to a number of buildings individually listed on the National Register, including the Barbara Rutherford Hatch House, Barbizon Hotel for Women, Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion, and Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House, as well as edifices that are more recent additions like the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue — a 2003 building designed in an "artful synthesis of the composition, details and material palette of the Beaux-Arts style," to complement the historic buildings that surround it.

Location

New York, New York County, New York
40.76851, -73.96361

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Park East Synagogue, Congregation Zichron Ephraim
Industrial
0.1 mi
Seventh Regiment Armory
Industrial
0.1 mi
Building at 210 East 68th Street
Industrial
0.1 mi
Park Avenue Houses
Industrial
0.1 mi
St. Vincent Ferrer Church and Priory
Industrial
0.2 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Kip's Bay
1776Revolutionary War
1.7 mi

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Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 2006.

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Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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