Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)

The story

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The Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) is a historic district in Manhattan, New York County, covering 27.39 acres along East 34th through 39th Streets and Lexington, Madison and Park Avenues. It was listed in the National Register in 2013, enlarging the Murray Hill Historic District first listed in 2003. Its buildings include Italianate brownstone row houses, apartment houses and hotels, in styles ranging from Beaux Arts to Art Deco and Modern.

Why it's listed

It is listed under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture, social history, and community planning and development. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1853 to 1961, reflecting construction dated to 1853 and continuing through 1930.

Physical character

Most of the district's row houses are brownstone, some later covered in stucco, while apartment buildings and hotels added limestone and white brick fronts with terra cotta trim, slate or copper roofs, and cast iron or wrought iron ornament. Several row houses lost their stoops when converted to apartments in 1924, and one building received a new Beaux-Arts limestone facade in 1905-1906.

Historical context

The district was home to numerous private clubs, including the Soldiers and Sailors Club, the Williams Club and the Collectors Club. One building served as a police station from 1858 to 1958; others were later adapted for a school in 1967, a church in 1973, and architect Marcel Breuer's offices from 1950 to 1955.