{"nrhp_refnum":"82003374","name":"East 73rd Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"161--179 and 166--182 E. 73rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.770796776000054,"lon":-73.96089890199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of fifteen low-rise buildings at 161-179 and 166-182 East 73rd Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It includes eleven carriage houses, two 1860 Italianate rowhouses, a commercial stable and a commercial garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the block is one of the most unusual architectural enclaves in New York City and the only cohesive grouping of carriage houses in Manhattan. The buildings were designed by obscure, prominent and nationally known architects, and were built for some of the city's wealthiest residents. Their later conversion to garages and then to residences reflects changing transportation and lifestyles.","narrative":"Fifteen small-scale buildings on East 73rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues form a rare pocket of carriage-era Manhattan, hemmed in by high-rise apartment towers. Eleven were built as private carriage houses for wealthy New Yorkers, among them Edward Harkness, Joseph Pulitzer and Henry T. Sloane. Two Italianate rowhouses from 1860 survive from the street's first development, alongside a commercial stable and an early commercial garage dating to 1906. The designs range from simple vernacular work to high-style Romanesque Revival, Beaux-Arts and neo-Flemish buildings, with architects including Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Romeyn. Ground floors held carriages and horse stalls, with rooms above for coachmen and grooms. As automobiles replaced carriages, the buildings became garages and chauffeurs' quarters, and later most became stylish private homes. Alterations have been modest, mostly to carriage doors. The block is recognized as the only cohesive group of carriage houses in Manhattan.","period_of_significance":"1860-1920","architect_builder":"Various (including Thomas Rae, John H. Friend, Charles Romeyn, Richard Morris Hunt, Hobart Walker and William Schickel)","architectural_style":"Carriage houses in Romanesque Revival, Beaux-Arts, neo-Flemish, neo-Grec and Queen Anne styles; Italianate rowhouses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated excellent to good with no intrusions. Most carriage houses and rowhouses are private homes, two carriage houses house businesses, and Nos. 177-79 and 182 remain commercial garages.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.410409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003374.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003374/8f65bee841-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003374/8f65bee841-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E73rd-historic.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E73rd-historic.jpg"},"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/75319457","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_73rd_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1277703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/east-73rd-street-historic-district-82003374/"}