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Showing posts with label west 123rd street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label west 123rd street. Show all posts
Friday, October 30, 2026

M. Louis Ungrich's 1886 345 and 347 West 123rd Street

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  Developers Frank Tilford and F. Keller hired architect M. Louis Ungrich in the spring of 1885 to design a row of 10 "three-story base...
Friday, January 16, 2026

The 1887 Michael Hughes House - 365 West 123rd Street

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  The blocks just east of Morningside Park saw a flurry of construction in the 1880s.  In 1886, real estate developer Samuel H. Bailey purch...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

The 1886 353 and 355 West 123rd Street

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  In May 1885, architect M. Louis Ungrich began sketching out "ten three-story and basement brick and stone private dwellings" on ...
Friday, July 25, 2025

The 1887 Dr. John J. McPhee House - 367 West 123rd Street

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  Architect Charles E. Baxter designed a row of brownstone-faced houses for developer and builder Samuel H. Bailey on "the lots on the ...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

The 1887 Edward Morrison, Jr. House - 373 West 123rd Street

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  In March 1886, Samuel H. Bailey purchased "the lots of the northeast corner of Ninth avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-third street,...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The Harlem Club - Lenox Avenue and 123rd Street

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On June 22, 1889, as the Harlem Club's new headquarters was nearing completion at the southwest corner of Lenox Avenue and 123rd St...
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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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