The Frances Building

 The Frances Building designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1911 at 665 5th Avenue at 53rd Street in New York City.  Financed by Edward Holbrook, the building was designed to house a bank on the ground floor and offices above.  Click HERE for more on the Frances Building which has since been demolished.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1912.

The Isaac D. Fletcher Residence

 The Isaac D. Fletcher residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert between 1897-1899 at 2 East 79th Street in New York City.  The house was purchased by Harry F. Sinclair following Fletcher's death in 1917.  In 1955 the residence was purchased by the Ukrainian Institute of America which still uses the house as their headquarters.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the Fletcher residence and HERE for more.  Click HERE to see the house on google street view.

Photos from Architecture, 1900.

The Philip Kleeberg Residence

The Philip Kleeberg residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1896 at 3 Riverside Drive and West 72nd Street in New York City.  Kleeberg, a textiles merchant, deeded the house to his wife Maria before it was completed and she committed suicide there in 1903.  The NYTimes article on her death was entitled 'Rich Woman Ends Life' with the subheading of 'Mrs. Philip Kleeberg Excuses Herself from Guests to Die'.  The residence is currently on the market for $40,000,000, click HERE for a NYTimes article on the residence.  Click HERE for a Curbed article on the house with interior photos.  Click HERE for a period photograph and HERE to see the residence on google street view.

The James E. Nichols Residence

The James E. Nichols residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1900 at 4 East 79th Street in New York City.  Nichols was the head of Austin, Nichols & Company, importers of spirits.  The Nichols residence was later owned by Joseph Wright Harriman, owner of 'Avondale Farms' in Brookville on Long Island and subsequently by Ogden Phipps from 1938-1946.  The house later underwent extensive alterations and after a short lived conversion has returned to use as a private residence.  Click HERE for more on the Nichols residence and HERE to see house on google street view.  Photo from Architectural Record, 1902.

1028 Fifth Avenue

The Jonathan Thorne residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1901 at 1028 Fifth Avenue and East 84th Street in New York City.  Click HERE for more on the Thorne residence.  Today the house is part of the Marymount School, click HERE to see 1028 Fifth Avenue on google street view.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

Some C.P.H. Gilbert Townhouses

A row of residences designed by C.P.H. Gilbert at the corner of Riverside Drive and West 75th Street in New York City.  Click HERE to see these townhouses in a c. 1900 photograph.

The Frank W. Woolworth Residence

 The Frank Winfield Woolworth residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1900 at Fifth Avenue and East 80th Street in New York City.  The house was torn down in 1926 to make way for the apartment house at 990 Fifth Avenue.  Click HERE for more on Woolworth's Long Island estate 'Winfield Hall' and HERE for more on the Woolworth Building.

Photos from Architecture, 1901.

The F.H. Davis Estate

 The Frank H. Davis estate designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  The article these photos come from give no other information on Davis.  If we have the correct F.H. Davis, he was the owner of Wesson & Money.  Click HERE to see the Davis residence on bing.

Photos from Scientific American, 1902.

The Otto H. Kahn Residence

The Otto Hermann Kahn residence designed by J. Armstrong Stenhouse in conjunction with C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1918 at 1 East 91st Street in New York City. Kahn was a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Company. Since the late 1930s the house has functioned as the Covent of the Sacred Heart. Click HERE to see Kahn's Long Island estate 'Oheka'. Click HERE to read Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the Otto Kahn house and HERE to see the residence on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1919.

Some C.P.H. Gilbert Townhouses

A selection of New York City townhouses designed by C.P.H. Gilbert, all built before 1900. Above, the Converse residence at 3 East 78th Street designed between 1897-1899. Click HERE to see the residence on google street view.

Above, No. 3 Riverside Drive built for Philip Kleeberg c. 1896. Click HERE to see the residence on google street view.

Above, 316 West 75th Street. Click HERE to see the residence on google street view.

The residences at the corner of West 75th Street and Riverside Drive. Click HERE to see the homes on google street view.

The Henry Seligman Residence

The Henry Seligman residence designed by C.P.H. Gilbert between 1899-1901 on West 56th Street in New York City. Seligman was a senior partner in the family banking firm of J. & W. Seligman & Company. Click HERE to read the Landmarks Commission's designation report on the Seligman residence, HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article and HERE to see the house on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1902.