{"nrhp_refnum":"84002793","name":"Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"322-344 E. 69th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.76567550400006,"lon":-73.96240045899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of twelve three-story-and-basement brownstone-fronted Neo-Grec row houses at 322-344 East 69th Street, between First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, built in 1879-80 for a single developer.","why_significant":"The twelve houses form a small, cohesive group of single-family Neo-Grec row houses, designed by two architects for speculative builder James E. Ray. They are described as a rare surviving enclave of low-rise nineteenth-century construction in a heavily rebuilt part of the Upper East Side. They also link to the area's earliest residential development after the Third Avenue El opened in 1878.","narrative":"Twelve brownstone-fronted row houses on the south side of East 69th Street, between First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, make up this small group of single-family homes. Built in 1879-80 in the Neo-Grec style, each is three stories plus a basement, with a high stoop, double-doored entrance, rusticated base, segmental-arched windows and a galvanized-iron cornice with brackets. Jacob Valentine designed Nos. 322-332 and William R. Smith designed Nos. 334-344, both for speculative builder James E. Ray. The second row is somewhat more ornate, with fuller enframements around doors and windows. Construction boomed on the Upper East Side after the Third Avenue El opened in 1878, and most houses of the period were built by speculators for middle-class buyers. Few comparable Neo-Grec rows survive. These houses remain largely as built, apart from replaced railings, some later doors and windows, and one basement garage, and they stand among altered buildings and modern high-rises.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1879)","architect_builder":"Jacob Valentine, William R. Smith","architectural_style":"Neo-Grec","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and good; the houses are occupied and used as private residences, with one owned by a church. Minor alterations include later doors and windows, replaced railings, and a basement garage added to No. 328 in 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.050322-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002793.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002793/44394d7fdb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002793/44394d7fdb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:322e69-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:322e69-nyc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319874","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowhouses_at_322%E2%80%93344_East_69th_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7371932"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/rowhouses-at-322-344-east-69th-street-84002793/"}