COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
LP Number:
LP-01834
Landmark Type:
Historic District
Designation Date:
12/21/1993
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Address:
1060 Fifth Avenue (aka 1060-1065 Fifth Avenue; 1-9 East 87th Street)
BIN:
1046913
BBL:
1014990001
Borough:
Manhattan
Block:
1499
Lot:
1
Architect or Builder:
J. E. R. Carpenter
Date of Construction:
1927
Owner or Developer:
1060 Fifth Avenue Corporation
Style Primary:
neo-Renaissance
Material Primary:
Brick
Material Secondary:
Limestone
Material Tertiary:
Cast Stone
Use Original:
Residential, multi-family, cooperative
Building Type:
Apartment Building
Notes:
In 1928, John Markle purchased three apartments on the eleventh and twelfth floors of No. 1060 to be merged into one large, forty-one room, sixteen-bath duplex apartment, making it, at that time, the largest apartment in the city.
File Name:
LP1834_408_1060FifthAve.jpg
Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
