{"nrhp_refnum":"80002711","name":"Rice, Isaac L., Mansion","other_names":["Villa Julia","Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"346 W. 89th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.79140574400003,"lon":-73.97883103599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick and marble freestanding mansion at the southeast corner of Riverside Drive and West 89th Street in Manhattan, built 1901-1903 for Isaac L. Rice and designed by Herts & Tallant.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a skillful blend of Beaux-Arts, Georgian and Italianate styles and a notable turn-of-the-century urban residence. It is the only remaining freestanding private dwelling with a landscaped garden enclosure on Riverside Drive and occupies a key site opposite the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. It is also tied to Isaac Rice and to his wife Julia Barnett Rice, a physician and noise-abatement reformer.","narrative":"Standing at the southeast corner of Riverside Drive and West 89th Street, this four-story brick mansion with marble detailing was built in 1901-1903 for financier and inventor Isaac L. Rice. Herts & Tallant, architects trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, designed it as a modern Italianate and Georgian villa with a hipped tile roof, a two-story marble entrance arch and a side porte-cochere. C.P.H. Gilbert added rear and south extensions, an Italianate staircase and a balustraded wall between 1908 and 1912. It is the last freestanding private house with a garden enclosure on the drive, and it sits opposite the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, forming a harmonious pair. Julia Barnett Rice, a physician, founded the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise while living there. Later owners converted the interiors into studios and a school, and a yeshiva now occupies it.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Herts & Tallant","architectural_style":"Synthesis of Beaux-Arts, Georgian and Italianate styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in educational use by a yeshiva; the interiors were adapted for institutional use but the original floor plan and much original detailing remain. The owner opposed listing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.932932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002711.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002711/b6aeb9c348-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002711/b6aeb9c348-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isiah-house-nyc.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isiah-house-nyc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319858","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_L._Rice_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17995016"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/rice-isaac-l-mansion-80002711/"}