Showing posts with label York and Sawyer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label York and Sawyer. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The Babies' Hospital of New York

The Babies' Hospital of New York designed by York & Sawyer c. 1902 at Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street in New York City.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the hospital and HERE to see the building on google street view.  Photo from Architectural Record, 1903.

Monday, January 14, 2013

The William W. Cook Residence

The William W. Cook residence designed by York & Sawyer c. 1912 at 14 East 71st Street in New York City.  Cook was an attorney and author of the book Cook on Corporations.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Cook residence.  Click HERE to see the house on google street view.  Photo from Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of NY, 1914.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Gould Riding Academy

 The Gould Riding Academy designed by York & Sawyer for Frank Jay Gould c. 1901 at 217 West 57th Street in New York City.  Gould was the son of railroad tycoon Jay Gould.  The riding academy was demolished c. 1950.

Photos from The Architectural Review, 1902.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The New York Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital

 The New York Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital designed by York & Sawyer c. 1915 on East 59th Street in New York City.  Founded in 1866 following the aftermath of the Civil War, the hospital was intended to help "in the treatment of crippled children and adults."  Click HERE and HERE for more on the New York Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital.  The hospital was merged with Columbia Presbyterian in the 1950s and the building was later demolished.


Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1916.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Brooklyn Trust Company Building

The Brooklyn Trust Company Building designed by York & Sawyer c. 1916 at 177 Montague Street in Brooklyn, New York. Click HERE for more on the Brooklyn Trust Company and HERE to see the building on google street view.




Photos from Architecture & Building, 1917.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Free Public Baths

Two Free Public Bath buildings designed by York & Sawyer c. 1904 in New York City, one at 327 West 41st Street and the other at 243 East 109th Street. Click HERE to read a 1904 NYTimes article on the opening of the West 41st Street building and the technology employed and HERE for a comprehensive history of NYC's public bath buildings. Both of these York & Sawyer designed bathhouses have since been demolished.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1904.

Friday, December 9, 2011

The Curtis House

The Charles B. Curtis residence designed by York & Sawyer c. 1900 on East 54th Street in New York City. Curtis was a lawyer who appears to have built this residence when he was in his early 70s. The home is no longer standing.





Photos from Architectural Record, 1902.