COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House
LP Number:
LP-00271
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
7/14/1970
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Image Date:
1960
Image Description:
circa 1960s; John Barrington Bayley Collection
Address:
651-653 Fifth Avenue and 2-4 East 52nd Street
BIN:
1035479
BBL:
1012870069
Borough:
Manhattan
Block:
1287
Lot:
69
Architect or Builder:
Robert W. Gibson
Date of Construction:
1903
Alteration Architect 1:
C. P. H. Gilbert
Date of Alteration 1:
1904 - 1905
Alteration Architect 2:
William Welles Bosworth
Date of Alteration 2:
1917
Owner or Developer:
Morton F. Plant
Style Primary:
Italian Renaissance
Material Primary:
Masonry
Use Original:
Residential, single family
Use Other:
Commercial, stores
Building Type:
Townhouse
Building Type Other:
Store
Notes:
The house is the finest surviving mansion on Fifth Avenue south of 59th Street. The building was converted into a shop for the Cartier jewelry company by William Welles Bosworth in 1917.
File Name:
LP0271_1960_001.jpg
Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House
