{"nrhp_refnum":"82003384","name":"Loew, William Goadby, House","other_names":["Smithers Alcoholism Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"56 E. 93rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.784977721000075,"lon":-73.95510763099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story steel-frame limestone town house at 56 East 93rd Street in the Carnegie Hill area of Manhattan, built in 1930-31 and designed by Walker & Gillette in a free version of the English Regency style.","why_significant":"It is described as the last of the large town houses built in Carnegie Hill and as marking the end of the golden era of the New York City mansion. It is an original design and one of the most interesting works of Walker & Gillette. It is also the major residence associated with showman Billy Rose, who bought it after William Goadby Loew died in 1955.","narrative":"Completed in 1930-31 at 56 East 93rd Street, this four-story steel-frame mansion in Manhattan's Carnegie Hill area was built for William Goadby Loew, a stockbroker and racing horse owner, and his wife Florence Baker. The firm Walker & Gillette designed it in a freely modified English Regency style, with a limestone facade, curved two-story end pavilions, a Corinthian portico and a convex mansard roof with round-arched dormers. A. Stewart Walker, like Loew, was a son-in-law of banker George F. Baker. The house is considered the last large town house built in the neighborhood, arriving as luxury apartment buildings and the Great Depression made such residences anachronistic. After Loew's death in 1955 it was sold to showman Billy Rose, producer of the 1939 World's Fair Aquacade, and it remains his principal residence. The building is now used as a medical therapy center and its interior is only minimally altered.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1930-31)","architect_builder":"Walker & Gillette","architectural_style":"Free version of the English Regency style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; the interior is minimally altered and houses the Smithers Alcoholism Center, affiliated with Roosevelt Hospital.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.383394-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003384.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003384/7a382e1f95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003384/7a382e1f95-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loew-goody-56e93.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:Loew-goody-56e93.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000588","name":"Park Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/park-avenue-historic-district-10000588/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319700","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Goadby_Loew_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707778"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/loew-william-goadby-house-82003384/"}