Detail View: The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection: Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House
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Landmark Name:
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Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House
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LP Number:
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LP-00271
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Link to Designation Report:
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Landmark Type:
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Individual Landmark
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Designation Date:
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7/14/1970
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Image Type:
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Designation Photos
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Image Date:
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1960
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Image Description:
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circa 1960s; John Barrington Bayley Collection
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Address:
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651-653 Fifth Avenue and 2-4 East 52nd Street
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BIN:
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1035479
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BBL:
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1012870069
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Borough:
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Manhattan
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Block:
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1287
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Lot:
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69
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Architect or Builder:
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Robert W. Gibson
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Date of Construction:
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1903
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Alteration Architect 1:
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C. P. H. Gilbert
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Date of Alteration 1:
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1904 - 1905
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Alteration Architect 2:
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William Welles Bosworth
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Date of Alteration 2:
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1917
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Owner or Developer:
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Morton F. Plant
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Style Primary:
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Italian Renaissance
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Material Primary:
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Masonry
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Use Original:
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Residential, single family
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Use Other:
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Commercial, stores
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Building Type:
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Townhouse
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Building Type Other:
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Store
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Notes:
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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.
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File Name:
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LP0271_1960_002.jpg
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