Samuel J. Tilden House
- Architect
- Calvert Vaux
- Year
- 1840
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Samuel J. Tilden House is a townhouse pair at 14–15 Gramercy Park South, built in 1845 and home to Samuel J. Tilden, the former New York governor, opponent of the Tweed Ring, and losing presidential candidate in the disputed 1876 election, from 1860 until his death in 1886. Between 1881 and 1884, architect Calvert Vaux combined it with the identical row house next door into the single Gothic Revival building that stands today. Since 1906 it has served as headquarters of the National Arts Club.
the building
Two houses made one. Vaux's 1881–1884 renovation joined the 1845 brownstone to its twin next door, creating a four-story sandstone facade finished mainly in pink sandstone with ashlar work and pink marble entrance surrounds.
the style
The combined building has been described as the height of Victorian Gothic in residential architecture, with Italian Renaissance elements layered into Vaux's Gothic Revival redesign.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Calvert Vaux carried out the 1881–1884 combination of the two row houses into the building's present form.
significance
The house is a National Historic Landmark and a New York City Landmark, and has been the headquarters of the National Arts Club since 1906.
nearby
- The Players Club
- W New York Union Square
- Everett Building
- Century Building
- Stuyvesant Apartments
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace