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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Ralph S. Townsend's 1887 200 West 102nd Street

photo by Anthony Bellov Born in 1854, Ralph Samuel Townsend listed his profession as an architect by his late 20s. His designs for houses...

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The George W. Fairchild House - 329 West 85th Street

Somewhat surprisingly, the stained glass parlor transoms survive. In 1890, real estate developer Perez Stewart commissioned Ralph S. Towns...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Ralph S. Townsend's 1900 303-305 West 80th Street

Architect Herbert Spencer Styne-Harde (who most often dropped the "Styne" from his surname, professionally) would partner with R...

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Ralph S. Townsend's 450-454 Sixth Avenue

photo by Beyond My Ken The First Colored Presbyterian Church was founded in 1822. By the time it relocated to 146 Sixth Avenue in 1874 it...

Friday, February 26, 2021

Ralph S. Townsend's 1895 35-39 Bond Street

The block of Bond Street between Broadway and Bowery was lined with elegant homes in the 1830's. Wealthy merchants George Sharp and J...

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Tom Miller: Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..

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