COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
New York City Lunatic Asylum
LP Number:
LP-00910
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
3/23/1976
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Image Date:
1969
Image Location:
Roosevelt Island
Address:
Roosevelt Island, located approximately opposite East 79th Street
BIN:
1086085
BBL:
1013730001
Borough:
Manhattan
Block:
1373
Lot:
1
Architect or Builder:
Alexander Jackson Davis
Date of Construction:
1834
Alteration Architect 1:
Not determined
Date of Alteration 1:
1847 - 1848
Alteration Architect 2:
Joseph M. Dunn
Date of Alteration 2:
1879
Owner or Developer:
City of New York
Style Primary:
neo-Grec
Material Primary:
Gray Gneiss
Use Original:
Civic, asylum
Building Type:
Asylum
Notes:
The dome-like convex mansard roof was added in 1879 by architect Joseph M. Dunn.
File Name:
LP0910_1969_006.jpg
New York City Lunatic Asylum
