Upper East Side Historic District

Upper East Side Historic District
East 69th Street with its townhouses is a typical example of the sidestreets of the Upper East Side
LocationRoughly bounded by 3rd and 5th Aves., 59th and 79th Sts., (original)
Portion of 17 blocks adjacent to and E of the original district bet. E. 60th and E 75th Sts., (increase)
New York, New York
Coordinates40°46′11″N 73°57′59″W / 40.76972°N 73.96639°W / 40.76972; -73.96639
Built1862
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.84002803[1] (original)
06000822[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984
Boundary increaseSeptember 12, 2006

The Upper East Side Historic District is a landmarked historic district on the Upper East Side of New York City's borough of Manhattan, first designated by the city in 1981.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[3] Its boundaries were expanded in 2010.[1][4][5][6]

The district includes all of the Fifth Avenue properties bordering Central Park from 59th to 78th Street; both sides of Madison Avenue from 61st Street to 77th Street; both sides of Park Avenue from just below 62nd Street to 72nd Street; and portions of both sides of Lexington Avenue from 63rd Street to 75th Street.[7]

The district is home to a number of buildings individually listed on the National Register, including the Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion and the Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House,[1] as well as edifices that are more recent additions like the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue — a 2003 building designed in an "artful synthesis of the composition, details and material palette of the Beaux-Arts style," to complement the historic buildings that surround it.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ UES Historic District Designation Report, 1981, http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1051.pdf
  3. ^ Upper East Side Historic District Designation Report, Vol. 1 Archived 2017-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, May 19, 1981, Landmarks Preservation Commission
  4. ^ Upper East Side Historic District Extension Designation Report, March 23, 2010, http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2373.pdf
  5. ^ Virginia Kurshan (1984). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Upper East Side Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 11, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  6. ^ Claudia Cooney and Carey Jones (2006). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 11, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  7. ^ "Upper East Side Historic District - Friends of the Upper East Side". 13 November 2019.
  8. ^ In Synagogue Design, Many Paths, By DAVID W. DUNLAP, December 8, 2002, New York Times, https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE7DC123BF93BA35751C1A9649C8B63&pagewanted=all
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