{"nrhp_refnum":"14000766","name":"Apartment Buildings at 131-135 East 66th Street and 130-134 East 67th Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131-135 E. 66th St. and 130-034 E. 67th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.76659110800006,"lon":-73.96404499599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two nearly identical eleven-story neo-Italian Renaissance apartment houses at 131-135 East 66th Street and 130-134 East 67th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side, built in 1905 and 1907.","why_significant":"The buildings are presented as two of New York's most distinguished luxury apartment houses and early examples of deluxe cooperative residences developed by William J. Taylor. They helped spur similar development on the Upper East Side. Though designed by two firms, they form a visual unit based on Italian Renaissance palazzo precedents.","narrative":"Two large apartment houses stand side by side near Lexington Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, at 131-135 East 66th Street and 130-134 East 67th Street. Built in 1905 and 1907, both rise eleven stories, use U-shaped plans around small rear light courts, and follow the three-part layout of an Italian Renaissance palazzo, with a rusticated base and limestone upper floors. Charles A. Platt designed the 66th Street building, and Rossiter & Wright designed the 67th Street building, which closely echoes Platt's design. Developer William J. Taylor was a pioneer of cooperative apartment buildings, which encouraged higher design and construction standards than speculative rentals. The pair were influential in encouraging similar luxury apartment houses on the East Side. Early residents included Platt himself and the painter Kenyon Cox. Features include monumental cornices, Ionic and Greek-style entrance porticos, and duplex apartments, some with double-height windows. Most interiors have been modernized but retain their original layouts.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Charles A. Platt with Simonson, Pollard and Steinam; Rossiter & Wright","architectural_style":"Neo-Italian Renaissance","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residences in excellent condition; most apartments modernized but generally retain original layouts, and the 67th Street lobby has been completely modernized.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.016939-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/14000766.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"06000822","name":"Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/upper-east-side-historic-district-boundary-increase-06000822/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319261","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/apartment-buildings-at-131-135-east-66th-street-and-130-134-east-67th-street-14000766/"}