Landmarks
Preservation
Commission
September
20, 1966,
Number
3
LP-0251
GRAMERCY
PARK
HISTORIC
DISTRICT,
Borough
of
Manhattan.
The
property
bounded by Park
Avenue
South from
East
21st
Street
to
the
northern
property
line
of
273-277 Park
Avenue
South,
the
northern
property
line
of
273-
277
Park
Avenue
South,
the
eastern
property
line
of
273-277 Park Avenue South,
East
21st
Street,
Gramercy
Park
North, Gramercy
Park
East,
the
northern
property
line
of
34
Gramercy Park
East,
the
western
property
line
of
the
northern
extension
of
34
Gramercy Park
East,
the
northern
property
line
of
the
northern
extension
of
34
Gramercy Park
East,
the
entire
eastern
property
line
of
34
Gramercy Park
East,
East
2oth
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
31 Gramercy
Park
South (148
East
20th
Street),
a
portion
of
the
eastern
property
line
of
145
East
19th
Street,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
147 and 149
East
19th
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
149
East
19th
Street,
East
19th
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
146
East
19th
Street,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
146 and 144
East
19th
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
153-155
East
18th
Street,
East
18th
Street,
Irving
Place,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
18
through
16 Gramercy Park South, a
portion
of
the
eastern
property
line
of
119-121
East
19th
Street,
East
19th
Street,
a
portion
of
the
western
property
line
of
119-121
East
19th
Street,
the
rear
lot
line
of
13 Gramercy Park South, a
portio~
of
the
western
property
line
•f
13 Gramercy Park South,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
12
and 11 Gramercy
Park
South, a
portion
of
the
western
property
line
of
11
Gramercy
Park South,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
10 and 9 Gramercy Park South,
the
western
property
line
of
9 Gramercy
Park
South,
East
2oth
Street,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
7 through 1 Gramercy Park West, 'East
21st
Street
to
Park
Avenue
South.
On
April
12,
1966,
the
Landmarks
Preservation
Commission
held
a
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
designation
of
the
Gramercy Park
Historic
District
(Item
No.
33).
The
hearing
had been duly
advertised
in
accordance
with
the
provisions
of
law. Four
witnesses
spoke
in
favor
of
designation,
including
Mr. Sherman
Drake,
president
of
the
Gramercy Park
Association,
representing
four
hundred
members. There were no
speakers
in
opposition
to
designation.
Letters
and
other
communications
favoring
designation
were
received
by
the
Commission from
residents
of
Gramercy Park
including
a
statement
from
the
Board
of
Trustees
of
Gramercy
Park.
DESCRIPTION
AHD
ANALYSIS
Gramercy Park has always
represented
a
distinct
and
notable
neighborhood
in
the
City
of
New York.
The
Park
is
a
private
square,
the
second and
last
created
in
the
City;
the
first,
Hudson
Square
or
St.
John
1
s
Park,
which
Trinity
Parish
laid
out,
has
long
since
gone.
Today
the
Park,
beautifully
planted
and
carefully
maintained,
is
generally
restricted
to
owners;
the
original
deed
provides
that
each
of
the
lot
holders
has
a
key.
The
Park,
originally
planned
as
an
attractive
inducement
for
real-estate
development
early
in
the
nineteenth
century,
has
established
the
character
of
more
than
the
square.
From
the
first,
it
was
a
residential
neighborhood
of
large
houses
for
prominent people and
the
glamour
of
the
Park reached
out
into
the
nearby
streets.
Because
it
is
unique
now
for
its
private
park
and because
of
its
exception-
ally
rich
heritage
of
ever
a
century's
residential
archit
e
cture,
we
propose
today
the
designation
of
the
Grnmercy Park
Historic
District:
consisting
largely
of
the
Park,
and
those
streets
to
the
south
which have,
to
an unusual degree, main-
tained
their
purely
residential
use.
Early
History
The
history
of
Gramercy Park
dates
back
to
1831
when
Mr.
Samuel
B.
Ruggles,
a lawyer and
real
estate
operator,
purchased
the
marshy Crommesshie
{later
corrupted
to
Gramercy)
area
from
the
estate
of
James Duane, a
Revolutionary
patriot
and
first
Mayor
of
New York
City
after
the
Revolution.
Ruggles'
project
involved
the
creation
of
66
lots
for
a
park
which
was
approximately 520 x 184
feet
in
extent.
It
was
to
be deeded
to
the
owners
of
the
lots
that
were
to
surround
the
enclosed
green
area.
The
enclosure
consisted
of
an
iron
fence
with
a
gate
of
iron
which
was
built
in
1832.
The
first
planting
in
the
park
was
begun
in
1844.
Ruggles
was
not
directly
involved
in
the
construction
of
the
dwellings
surrounding
the
P~rk.
He
planned
that
the
area
be developed only
as
a
residen-
tial
neighborhood and
that
the
owners
of
the
original
66
lots
surrounding
the
Park
be
responsible
for
its
care
and maintenance. Soon
after
the
transfer
of
the
Park
to
the
trustees
in
the
1840's,
some
lot
owners began
to
build
their
handsome
houses around
the
Park.
To
aid
ar,cess
to
the
area,
streets
to
the
north
and
south
-2-
were
cut
through,
one
named
Lexington Avenue,
in
memory
of
the
first
battleground
for
American Independence and
Irving
Place
after
Washington
Irving.
Leading
New
Yorkers began
to
move
there.
Stuyvesant
Fish,
a
leader
of
New
York
society,
came
there
in
1887;
Samuel
Tilden,
a
Presidential
candidate
and a Governor
of
New
York
State,
lived
there
from
1874
to
1876. James Harper, a Mayor
of
New
York,
lived
there;
and Edwin Booth,
the
noted
actor
started
the
Players
Club
there
in
1888
-
where he
kept
a
room
for
himself
for
many
years.
Architectural
Importance
Gramercy
Park
Historic
District
is
sot
in
the
midst
of
the
activity
and
complexity
that
is
New
York.
It
is
a
graceful,
quiet
square
surrounded
by
many
nineteenth
century
structures
of
true
architectural
distinction.
While
many
of
the
original
houses have been remodeled,
the
changes have been
made
with
a
certain
grandeur;
the
Players
Club
was
remodeled by
Stanford
White and
the
National
Arts
Club
was
remodeled
fr
om two b
::m
sos by Cc.lvort V::iux.•
..
These
bu.i~aings
still
have
the
appearance
of
fine
private
houses
of
over a
century
ago and
blend
with
the
quiet
atmosphere
of
the
Park.
The
square
represents
an
attempt
to
preserve
a
bit
of
nature
within
the
mass
of
stone
which
fills
the
blocks
of
the
City.
While
skyscrapers
in
adjacent
streets
and
tall
apartment houses were
later
erected
on
the
north
and
east
sides
of
the
park
and have
taken
the
place
of
many
of
the
original
houses, a
majority
of
the
square's
Anglo-Italianate,
Greek
Revival
and Gothic
Revival
houses
of
the
nineteenth
century
remain. They
display
much
fine
ornament
with
handsome
lintels,
molded
cornices
and
stately
entranceways. The
small
gardens and
planting
in
front
of
many
of
these
houses,
with
their
shady
trees,
unite
these
structures
with
the
Park.
Proper
proportion
and a
sense
of
human
scale
allow
the
individual
to
feel
at
homo
with
these
low
lying
structures
and
to
sense
their
harmony and
elegance.
A
district,
such
as
the
Gramercy Pa
rk
Historic
District,
represents
a
remarkable
cross-section
of
American
architecture
covering
the
wide range
of
styles
which have
manifested
themselves from
the
middle
of
the
nineteenth
century
to
the
present,
over a
century
of
architectural
growth and
expansion.
It
tells
the
story
of
urban
residential
development through examples
which
were
among
t.he
be
st
pro-
duced anywhere
in
the
City
for
each
period.
Buildings
in
the
District
Facing
directly
on
the
Park
at
its
western
end,
are
five
town houses
dating
from
1844
to
1850. These
structures
represent
a
vnriety
of
architectural
styles,
ranging
from Greek
Revival,
at
numbers 3, 4
~nd
5,
with
their
simple mouldings
and
decorative
cornices
to
the
more
ornate
Italianate
houses
at
Numbers
1 and 2,
with
their
windows framed
in
a
series
of
segmental
arches.
Despite
the
differen-
ces
through
the
remodeling
of
their
architecture,
they
nevertheless
appear
as
a
harmonious group. This
unity
results
primarily
from
the
uniform
height
of
the
buildings,
the
continuous
horizontal
accent
of
their
windows,
the
uniformity
of
their
cornices,
extending
the
entire
length
of
the
group, and
the
sense
of
age
which
domin.'ltcs them
all.
This element
of
unity
is
further
enchanccd by
the
use
o:f
br:ick
and
thc.
.f::ict
that
th
ey
nll
have
three
windows
in
their
width.
Of
special
note
are
the
cast
iron
porches
at
Numbers
3 and
4.
Their
opulent
Greek Revival
design
is
attributed
to
the
architect
PJ.
ox;:mder Jnckson
Davis,
and
they
add a memornble
elegance
and
gai
e
ty to
the
s:iJnple
facades.
These
iron
.
porches,
located
near
the
middle
of
these
five
houses
act
as
an element
of
focus
and
add
the
final
note
to
the
unity
of
this
handsome group.
In
addition
to
the
cast-iron
porch
e
s,
the
richly
mould
Pd
illors
.md
entrancewa.ys
at
Numbers
3 and 4
are
items
of
spe
ciAl
note.
Number
4
was
the
home
of
James
Harper,
Mayor
of
New
York
City
from
1844
to
1847.
At
No.
1 Gramercy Park West, once
the
home
of
the
famous surgeon, Dr.
Valentine
Mott,
there
is
an
Ionic
portico;
though a
later
addition,
its
simple
lines
and
fin
e
design
are
charming
for
this
house
built
in
1849. The
roof
of
the
portico
rises
to th
e
height
of
th
e
balconi
es
of
the
structur
es
on
either
side
and
thus
creates
a
continuous,
unified
horizontal
line.
Complementing
the
elcg~nce
of
the
westerly
side
of
the
District,
the
southern
portion
extending
from
Park
Avenue
South
to
Irving
Place
is
lined
with
staid
brownstone and
brick
dwellings.
These houses
again
appear
as
a
unified
group due
to
th
e alignment
of
height
and
facades.
This
side
of
Gram
ercy Park,
how
e
ver,
has
much
more
variety
within
its
basic
unity,
in
terms
of
the
variety
of
its
archi~
tectural
styles
and
the
varying
colors
and
textures
to
be
found
there.
At
Number
11
we
have a
fine
example
of
lmglo-Italianate
design
built
about
1855-•56.
In
this
house
there
is
a
continuous
upward
progression
from
that
which
is
clearly
defined
and
elegant
at
the
bottom
to
that
which
is
simpler
~d
more
austere
at
the
top.
This can be
clearly
seen
beginning
with
the
block:f"masonry
"
-3-
at
the
first
floor
progressing
up
to
the
smooth
surfaces
of
the
four
upper
stories
or
from
the
long,
rectangular
first
floor
windows
with
their
elegant
pediments
to
the
simpler
windows above. Though
the
original
stoop
has
been removed,
the
house
retains
its
architectural
style.
At
Number
9 a
fine
entranceway enhances
this
sympathetically
remodeled house,
built
in
1847-8.
The
Corinthian
pilasters
on
each
side
of
this
entrance
lead
the
eye
up
to
the
wrought
iron
lamp
immediately above
the
doorway.
The
impressive
lamp
and
attractive
lacework
of
iron
are
similar
to
those
at
Number
3, and
this
repetition
of
detail
creates
an element
of
unity
between
these
houses.
At
Number
15
stands
the
National
Arts
Club, former
home
of
Samuel
J.
Tilden.
The
structure
is
an
impressive
expression
of
Victorian-Gothic
architecture
replete
with
horizontal
belt
courses
and
pointed
arched
windows
all
done
in
Vari-colored
stones
with
certain
b.'.Ulds
of
the
stonework
displaying
leafy
ornaroont and
the
heads
of
famous
authors.
In
1874
Calvert
Vaux, one
of
the
architects
of
Central
Park,
designed
Mr.
Tilden's
house from
two
houses
built
in
1845.
Number
16,
the
Players
Club,
is
one
of
the
most
distinguished
buildings
on
the
square.
The
house
was
originally
Gothic
Revival,
built
in
1845
but
it
had a
splendid
portico
nnd
other
details
added
by
Stanford
White
in
1888.
It
is
one
of
the
few works
in
the
City
that
can
be
directly
attributed
to
this
well
known
architect.
The
house
was
bought from
the
widow
of
Congressman
Clarkson
N.
Potter
by Edwin Booth
who
had
it
remodeled
for
the
Players
Club. Booth
kept
the
room
in
the
Club and
lived
there
until
his
death
in
1893.
Finally
.
it
should
be
noted,
in
regard
to
this
southerly
section
of
the
Park,
that
the
newer apartment houses
find
harmonious
unity
with
the
older
brownstones
in
that
they
generally
conform
in
decoration
and
materials
to
the
older
structures.
The
small
gardens
along
this
southern
aroa,
the
continuous
use
of
wrought
iron
and
th
e
repetition
of
architectural
forms
with
the
proper
scale
and
proportion
unify
this
section
of
Gramercy Park
with
the
western
side
and
other
parts
of
the
square.
Gramercy Park South, from
Irving
Place
to
Third
Avenue,
continues
with
town-
houses
dating
from
the
middle
of
the
nineteenth
century,
combined
with
apr'.lrtment
houses
of
a
later
date.
Some
of
these
houses have
delicate
pastel
colors
of
pink
and
blue.
Simple
lintels
and
cornices
create
an
interesting
horizontal
a~cent
contrasting
with
the
verticality
of
the
windows.
Number
86
Irving
Place,
which
is
on
the
corner
of
the
Park,
though
built
in
1845
was
later
remodeled
for
Stuyvesant
Fish
and
was
a house famous
for
its
hosp-
itality
and
lavish
entertainment.
There
is
a
very
attractive
iron
work bnlcony
on
the
parkside
and
the
shutters
of
this
house,
with
their
fine
louvers,
give a
remarkable emphasis
to
the
facade and
the
parkside.
At
144
East
Twentieth
Street
is
tho
Friends
Meeting House, a
fine
expression
of
Italianate
form, having an
aura
of
restrained
distinction.
It
has a curved,
pedimented doorway and
the
segmental-arched
windows
provide
a harmonious
repetition
of
forms.
The
facade
of
the
Meeting House
is
crowned
by
a pediment
with
a handsome
raking
cornice.
An
interesting
feature
of
this
pediment
is
the
interruption
of
th
e
main
horizontal
cornice
by a
blind,
segmental
arch
in
low
relief.
The
Meeting
House
was
designed
by
King and Kellum and completed
in
1859. The
presence
of
the
simple
classic
forms
on
the
newer apartment houses
in
this
street
allows
them
to
blend
with
the
older
structures.
The
north
side
of
Eighteenth
Street
between
Third
Avenue and
Irving
Place
is
composed
of
a
series
of
nineteenth
century
structures
remodelled
in
the
nineteen
twenties.
The
variety
of
materials
including
stucco
and
brick,
the
ornamented
decoration
and
the
hnndsome windows
create
a
sense
of
vitality
and
variety.
The
block
is
composed
of
a
series
of
grouped
structures,
each
group
designed
in
a
particular
style
and
thus
appearing
as
a
unit.
Most
notable
of
these
are
numbers
135
through
143
--
a group
of
narrow townhouses
built
in
1855
in
the
ilnglo-
Italianate
Style
and
still
retaining
their
original
design.
At number 151,
built
in
1853-4,
there
is
n
roof
cornice
with
a
delicate
Adamesque
design
of
scrolls,
swags, and
volutes,
adding an
air
of
elegance
to
this
otherwise
simple
facade.
At
the
corner
of
Eighteenth
Street
and
Irving
Place
is
Pete's
Tavern, a
tavern
and
bar
dating
back
to
the
middle
of
the
nineteenth
century
and
frequented
by
o.
Henry and
other
notables.
With
its
outdoor
cafe
and
simple
blocklike
form,
it
is
a memornble
structure
reminiscent
of
the
period
which produced
it.
Irving
Place
from
Eighteenth
Street
to
Gramercy
Park
South
on
its
eastern
side
is
composed
of
n
series
of
brick
and brownstone houses
with
some
apartment houses
of
a
later
date
displaying
a
general
uniformity
of
height
with
slight
contrasts
of
materials.
-4-
The
ground
floor
of
the
apartment house
at
No.
76
Irving
Plaee
is
also
note-
worthy
as
an example
of
French
Beaux
Arts
design.
The
apartment
house,
built
in
1899,
at
the
corner
of
Irving
Place
and
Nineteenth
Street,
represents
Classical
American
architecture
at
the
turn
of
the
Century.
The windows
aro
framed
in
terra
cotta.
At
Number
80,
the
cast
iron
railings,
wrought
iron
balconies
and
handsome
round-arched
windows
make
n
fine
addition
to
tho
street.
This
house
wns
built
in
1853-4.
The
east
side
of
Irving
Place
between
Nineteenth
Street
and Gramercy
Park
consists
of
several
remodelled a
partment
houses
and
a handsome townhouse.
Simpli-
city
of
form
characterizes
the
architecture
here
in
terms
of
window
lintels
and
doorways
on
the
apartment houses
in
this
block.
Especially
noteworthy
is
the
handsome entranceway
at
86
Irving
Place,
which
is
located
on
tho
corner
of
Twentieth
Street
facing
the
Park.
As
previously
mentioned,
this
house -
with
its
brick
exterior,
simple
shuttered
windows and simple
cornice
-
is
a
fine
example
of
the
best
of
the
brick
tradition
of
the
mid-nine
teenth
century.
Nineteenth
Street
between
Irving
Place
and
Third
Avenue
with
its
rows
of
trees
and
patches
of
green
e
ry
reflects
the
atmosphere
present
on Gramercy Park
itself.
This
quiet
street
known
as
the
"Block
Beautiful"
has a charm and
variety
with
various
architectural
styles,
textures,
patterns
and
colors
intermixed.
Flowers
and
greenery
lend
an
added
attraction.
It
resulted
from
the
remodelling
of
mid-
nineteenth
century
town houses
in
the
Italian
manner
of
the
nineteen
twenties
in-
cluding
some
attractive
interlopers
such
as
the
five-story
Tudor house
at
number
135
with
its
mullioned
windows, Gothic
arches
and combina
tion
brick
and
stone
facade.
The
one
story
structure
at
number 124 has an
interesting
copy
of
a
stepped
Dutch
gable.
At numbers
144
and
146
stand
two
small
Greek
Revival
houses
remodelled
in
a
restrained
manner. The
use
of
color
adds a
sense
of
liveliness
and
variety
to
many
of
these
simple
facades.
Numbers
127 and 129
are
among
the
most
inter
e
sting
structures
in
the
area
. These former
stables
make
use
of
Gothic
forms
as
seen
in
the
point
ed windows and
pseudo-battlements
(cren
e
llations).
The
decorative
cornice
at
number 129 and
the
int
e
resting
moldings above
the
windows
provide
an
attractive
exterior
appearance.
The
unity
of
this
str
ee
t,
on
both
its
north
and
south
sides,
results
from
the
charm
of
all
the
houses,
the
element
of
greenery and
the
use
of
wrought
iron
for
railings
and
gates.
These
features
relate
the
street
to
Gramercy
Park.
Calvary
Church,
at
21st
Str
ee
t and Park Avenue
South,
has
been
somewhat
alt
ered
since
Jnmes Renwick,
Jr.
d
es
igned
it
in
1846.
Calvary
Church
is
one
of
the
fine,
small
Gothic
Revival
churches
in
the
City.
Unlike
Gr
a
ce
Church,
also
by Renwick,
it
was
built
of
brownstone.
This
was
the
church
of
the
George
Frederick
Jones
fnmily,and
h
orc
they
brought
the
little
Edith
Newbold Jones
who
beca
me
Edith
Wharton. The
novelist
was
born
in
1863
at
14
West
23rd
Street,
and
this
was
the
neighborhood
church.
It
was
the
then
re
ctor's
da
ughter
who
intro-
duced
Edith
Wharton
to
Go
e
th
e,
the
German
poet
who
w
as
to
beco
me
her
favorite
writ
e
r.
Recent
History
The Gramercy Park
Historic
District
is
a unique
area
in
the
midst
of
an
imm
ense
City.
This
district
is
today
serene
and
coherent
because
it
re
fl
ec
ts
th
e
quietness
of
a
park
--
and a
lso
of
another
century.
It
is
an
area
in
which
the
origina
l b
ea
uty
was
so
great
that
it
has
been
able
to
r
esis
t,
to
a remarkable
degree,
chnnges which
could
have
destroy
ed
it.
Unlik
e any
other
district
in
New
York, Gramercy
Park,
which
was
planned
as
a
fashionable
re
sidential
ne
ighb
or
hood,
has
always remained a
fashionable
r
es
idential
neighborhood. The
st
ea
dy
ma
rch
of
expe
nsive
r eal e
stat
e,
al
ways going uptown,
skirted
around
this
small
oasis,
l
eaving
its
value
intact.
Despite
an ab
orti
ve
effort
in
1890 and 1912
to
run
a c
able
car
route
through
the
Park,
connecting
Irving
Place
and
Lexington
Avenue, and
the
development
of
some
apartment
houses and
hotels
in
the
area,
th
e
district
ne
vertheless
surviv
es
as
a
graceful
expre
ssion
of
its
tim
e.
On
th
e
periph
e
ry
of
the
Gramercy Park
Historical
District,
a busy
industrial
and commercial
area
of
tall
buildings
looms
up
on
th
e
skyline.
In
spite
of
changes
over
th
e y
ears,
the
Gram
er
cy Park
Historic
District
still
mainta
ins
a
qui
e
t,
with-
drawn charm which
prov
es
tho
soundness
of
its
basic
plan.
This
Park,
which Samuel
Ruggles
created
in
th
e
early
nineteenth
c
ent
ury,
resulted
in
a r
es
idential
area
which remains
viable
today,
long
after
the
death
of
th
o
society
for
which
it
was
d
esigned
.
..
,
..
Comments
on
the
District
Writing
about
New
York,
various
authors
have commented
on
the
unique
character
of
Gramercy
Park.
John B. Pine
in
his
book
11
1.'he
Story
of
Gramercy Park"
published
in
1921
sai:i,
"The
laying
out
of
Gramer9y Park
represents
one
of
the
earliest
attempts
in
this
country
1lt
tCity
Planning!•"
He
added,
"Jl.s
a
park
given
to
the
prospective
owners
of
the
land
surrounding
it
and
held
in
trust
for
those
who
have
made
their
homes
around
it,
Gramercy Park
is
unique
in
this
City,
and perhaps
in
this
country,
and
represents
the
only neighborhood,
with
possibly
one
exception,
which has remained
comparatively
unchanged
for
more
than
eighty
years
--
the
Park
is
one
of
the
City•
s Landmarks."
Charlotte
Devree,
in
an
article
in
the
New
York Times,
"Private
Life
of
a
Park" (December 8,
1957),
compared
the
Park
to
11
a
Victorian
gentleman
who
has
refused
to
die".
She
continued,
"There
is
nothing
else
quite
like
Gramercy
Park
in
the
country.
It
is
the
City's
only
privately
owned
Park,
and
there
is
not
another
so
venerable
or
so
centrally
located
in
any
big
city.
11
FINDINGS
AND
DESIGNATIONS
On
the
basis
of
a
careful
consideration
of
the
history,
the
architecture
and
other
features
of
this
area.,
the
Landmarks
Preservation
Commission
finds
that
the
Gramercy Park
Historic
District
contains
buildings
and
other
improvements which
have a
special
character
and
special
historical
and
aesthetic
interest
and
value
and which
represent
one
or
more
periods
or
styles
of
architecture
typical
of
one
or
more
eras
in
the
history
of
New
York
City,
and which cause
this
area,
by
reason
of
these
factors,
to
constitute
a
distinct
section
of
th
e
City.
The Commission
furth
er
finds
that,
among
its
important
qualities,
the
Gramercy
Park
Historic
District
represents
an
early
instance
of
town
pl~nning,
that
it
contains
the
only
privately
11lllintained
park
in
the
City,
that
the
Park
is
beautifully
landscaped,
that
it
is
a
residential
area
which
has,
to
a remarknhL
degree,
retained
much
of
its
original
character,
that
it
represents
an
interesting
cross-section
of
architectural
development
dating
from
the
middle
of
the
nineteentl
century,
that
its
houses
are
in
many
cases
outstanding
examples
of
their
time,
displaying
many
handsome
details
and
much
fine
ironwork and
that
the
Park
area
is
todny
unique.
Accordingly,
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
.Chapter
8-A
of
the
Charter
of
the
City
of
New
York and Chppter
8-A
of
the
Administrative
Code
of
the
City
of
New
York,
the
Landmarks
Preserv
a
tion
Commission
designates
as
an
Historic
District
the
Gramercy
Park
Historic
District,
Borough
of
Manhattan,
consisting
of
the
property
bounded by Park Avenue South from Ea
st
21st
Street
to
the
northern
property
line
of
273-277 Park Avenue South,
the
northern
property
line
of
273-
277
Park Avenue South,
the
eastern
property
line
of
273-277
Park
Avenue South,
East
21st
Street,
Grnroorcy Park North, Gramercy Park
East,
the
northern
property
lino
of
34
Gramercy Park
E
~
st,
the
western
property
line
of
the
northern
extension
of
.34
Gramercy Park
East,
the
northern
property
line
of
the
northern
extension
of
34 Gramercy Park
East,
the
entire
eastern
property
line
of
34
Gramercy Park
East,
East
20th
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
Jl
Gramercy Park South (148
East
2oth
Street),
a
portion
of
the
eastern
property
line
of
145
East
19th
Street,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
147 nnd 149
East
19th
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
149
East
19th
Street,
East
19th
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
146
East
19th
Street,
tho
rear
lot
lines
of
146 and 144 Enst
19th
Street,
the
eastern
property
line
of
153-155
East
18th
Street,
East
18th
Street,
Irving
Place,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
18
through
16 Gramercy Park South, a
portion
of
the
eastern
property
line
of
119-121
East
19th
Street,
East
19th
Stroot,
a
portion
of
the
western
property
line
of
119-121
East
19th
Street,
the
rear
lot
line
of
13 Gramercy Park South, a
portion
of
the
western
property
line
of
13
Gram
e
rcy
Park
South,
the
rear
lot
line~
of
12
and 11 Gramercy Park
South,
a
portion
of
the
western
property
line
of
11
Gramercy
Park
South,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
10 and 9 Grnmercy Park South,
the
western
property
line
of
9
Gr
amercy
Park
South,
East
20th
Street,
the
rear
lot
lines
of
7
through
1 Gramercy Park West,
East
21st
Street
to
Pnrk:
Avenue South.
