John Henry and Emily Vanderbilt Sloane Hammond House
- Year
- 1903
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The John Henry and Emily Vanderbilt Sloane Hammond House at 9 East 91st Street is a Beaux-Arts townhouse completed in 1903 as the residence of lawyer John Henry Hammond and his wife. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1974 and today houses the Russian Federation's Consulate General.
the building
The facade. Five stories rise in limestone, rusticated across the lowest two floors with stone quoins marking each corner; the second story is treated as a piano nobile, and the windows shrink progressively toward the top, an arrangement typical of the Beaux-Arts vocabulary.
the style
The house is a Beaux-Arts townhouse whose rusticated base, piano nobile, and diminishing upper-floor windows are hallmarks of the style, giving the facade a legible hierarchy from street level up.
More on Beaux-Artssignificance
Designated a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00677) on July 23, 1974, the house has served as the Consulate General of Russia to New York City since 1994.
nearby
- Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in New York
- James A. and Florence Sloane Burden House
- Otto and Addie Kahn House
- Andrew and Louise Carnegie House
- Felix and Frieda S. Warburg House
- The Jewish Museum