{"nrhp_refnum":"83001742","name":"Red House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"350 W. 85th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.788896316000034,"lon":-73.98029176399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Red House is a six-story apartment building at 350 West 85th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side, built in 1903-04 and designed by the firm Harde & Short.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an early work of Harde & Short, a firm known for luxury apartment houses in New York City. It is notable for extensive terra-cotta decoration inspired by the sixteenth-century Francois I style. Several details first used here, including the salamander and crown motif, baldacchino canopies and multi-paned bay windows, became standard in the firm's later buildings. It also reflects the early twentieth-century apartment development of the Upper West Side.","narrative":"Red House, at 350 West 85th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side, is a six-story apartment building completed in 1903-04 to designs by Harde & Short. Its facade is organized into two angled pavilions flanking a recessed center, with red brick set against cream-colored terra-cotta ornament. A one-story arcaded porch in the Francois I style, using Gothic and Renaissance elements, links the pavilions. The building was listed because it is an early example of the firm's work and a fine display of terra-cotta decoration, which the firm later mastered. Motifs introduced here, such as the salamander and crown, baldacchino canopies and multi-paned bay windows, recur in later Harde & Short apartment houses. The building also represents the second phase of Upper West Side development, when luxury apartment houses followed the earlier rowhouse period. Some changes were made, including new window sash probably in the 1920s and replaced entrance doors in 1981, but the facade remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Harde & Short","architectural_style":"Francois I","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in private ownership and used as a private residence. Condition is checked as excellent. The facade has some alterations, including later window sash, removal of the roof balustrade and piers, and new front doors in 1981.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.525324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001742.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001742/2e6ce27667-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001742/2e6ce27667-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-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:Red-house-nyc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319854","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_House_(Upper_West_Side)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7304372"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/red-house-83001742/"}