COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
The Windermere
LP Number:
LP-02171
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
6/28/2005
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Image Date:
6/1/2005
Image Description:
400 West 57th St, West 57th St facade
Address:
400 West 57th Street (aka 871-877 Ninth Avenue)
BIN:
1081701
BBL:
1010660032
Borough:
Manhattan
Block:
1066
Lot:
32
Architect or Builder:
Theophilus G. Smith
Date of Construction:
1880
Owner or Developer:
William E. Stewart
Style Primary:
Queen Anne
Style Secondary:
High Victorian Gothic
Style Other:
Romanesque
Material Primary:
Red Brick
Material Secondary:
Tan Brick
Material Tertiary:
Black Brick
Material Quaternary:
Tile
Material Other:
Stone
Use Original:
Residential, multi family
Building Type:
Apartment Building
Notes:
The Windermere, constructed in 1880-81, is significant as the oldest-known large apartment complex remaining in an area that was one of Manhattan’s first apartment-house districts.
File Name:
LP2171_2005-06_018.JPG
The Windermere
