COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
Metropolitan Museum Historic District
LP Number:
LP-00955
Landmark Type:
Historic District
Designation Date:
9/20/1977
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Image Description:
North Side (Odd)
Address:
25 East 78th Street
BIN:
1041863
BBL:
1013930014
Borough:
Manhattan
Block:
1393
Lot:
14
Architect or Builder:
McKim, Mead & White
Owner or Developer:
Mr. & Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Style Primary:
Italianate Renaissance
Material Primary:
Limestone
Material Secondary:
Buff Brick
Material Tertiary:
Wrought Iron
Material Quaternary:
Rusticated Stone
Material Other:
Copper Cornice
Use Original:
Residential, single-family
Building Type:
Mansion
Notes:
No. 25 is described in the designation report as a "palazzo" or city mansion based on the imposing urban dwellings of 15th and 16th century Rome and Florence.
File Name:
LP0955_032_25E78thSt.jpg
Metropolitan Museum Historic District
