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 |
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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.