210 East 78th Street House
- Year
- 1865
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The houses at 208-218 East 78th Street are six attached brick rowhouses built in the early 1860s, the surviving remnant of 15 built as affordable housing when the Upper East Side was first being developed.
the building
Round-arched openings. The houses are otherwise Italianate but stand out for round-arched windows and door openings on their front facades, an unusual trim for the style.
the style
The row is firmly Italianate, distinguished by the round-arched window and door trim layered onto that style's typical urban rowhouse form.
More on Renaissance Revivalsignificance
They are the second-oldest group of buildings on the Upper East Side after the East 78th Street Houses a block away, and retain more of their original appearance. They were designated New York City Landmarks in 1978 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
nearby
- New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch
- 157 East 78th Street House
- Saint Jean Baptiste Church
- East 80th Street Houses
- Temple Israel of the City of New York
- Church of the Resurrection