New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch
- Architect
- James Brown Lord
- Year
- 1902
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Yorkville Branch of the New York Public Library opened in December 1902 as the first Carnegie library in Manhattan, funded by Andrew Carnegie and designed by James Brown Lord at 222 East 79th Street. Its three-story limestone facade, done in the Italian Renaissance style, has been called one of New York's most elegant adaptations of the Palladian style to a public building.
significance
The building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, designated 1/24/1967.
nearby
- 210 East 78th Street House
- 157 East 78th Street House
- East 80th Street Houses
- Saint Jean Baptiste Church
- Temple Israel of the City of New York
- Church of the Resurrection