Red House (Manhattan) Explained

Red House (Manhattan) should not be confused with Red House, New York.

Red House
Location:350 West 85th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates:40.7889°N -73.9803°W
Built:1903
Architect:Harde & Short
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival, French Gothic
Added:September 8, 1983
Refnum:83001742
Designated Other2 Name:New York City Landmark
Designated Other2 Date:September 14, 1982
Designated Other2 Abbr:NYCL
Designated Other2 Link:New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
Designated Other2 Number:1265
Designated Other2 Color:
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The Red House is a 1903 apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built on land owned by Canadian architect R. Thomas Short of the Beaux-Arts firm, Harde & Short. He and his firm designed and built the building in a free eclectic mix of French late Gothic. and English Renaissance motifs, using red brick and limestone with bold black-painted mullions in the fenestration. The salamander badge of Henri II appears high on the flanking wings and in the portico frieze. The center is recessed, behind a triple-arched screen.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983.

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