Showing posts with label william e. mowbray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label william e. mowbray. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

The 1902 Henry Herman Westinghouse Mansion - 313 West 105th Street

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  Real estate developer John C. Umberfield purchased vacant land on the north side of West 105th Street between West End Avenue and Riversid...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The 1902 Isidor and Julia Gartner Mansion - 309 West 105th Street

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  Two years after ground was broken, in 1902 builder and developer John C. Umberfield completed construction of seven, 22-foot wide townhous...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

The Benjamin Mordecai Mansion - 319 West 105th Street

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  On April 17, 1902, The New York Times reported that Benjamin Mordecai had purchased the recently completed limestone-faced mansion at 319...
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Friday, October 28, 2022

The Transformed Manhattan Opera House (Manhattan Center) 311-321 West 34th Street

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  photo by Jim Henderson Theater manager and impresario Oscar Hammerstein branched into grand opera when he erected his Manhattan Opera on E...
Saturday, February 4, 2017

Wm. E. Mowbray's 1890 No. 454 W. 144th Street

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In December 1886 wealthy silk dealer William M. De Forest and his son, also named William, were poised to make their mark on the recently...
Friday, January 6, 2017

The J. Romaine Brown Mansion - No. 340 Convent Avenue

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In 1886 William Mowbray was busy transforming the blocks around Convent Avenue and West 144th Street into a fashionable neighborhood.  T...