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The James A. and Ruth M. Bailey House is a freestanding limestone mansion located at 10 St. Nicholas Place at West 150th Street in the Sugar Hill section of
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. The house was built from 1886 to 1888 and was designed by architect Samuel Burrage Reed in the Romanesque Revival style for
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. When it was constructed there were few other buildings in the area, and as a result, sitting as it does on an escarpment, the Bailey Mansion had a clear view to the east of the
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History and description

Among the house's numerous design features are numerous unique stained glass mosaic windows, designed and fabricated by Henry Belcher, and the varying kinds of wood throughout each room. The interior is richly paneled in hand-carved timber. The exterior features Flemish-style gables and a corner tower. Bailey sold the house two years prior to his death and from the 1910s to the 1950s, it was owned by a Bavarian doctor, Franz Koempel. In 1951, the house was purchased by Marguerite Blake, who ran it as the M. Marshall Blake Funeral Home funeral home until her retirement. In 2000, a fire damaged portions of the house. In late 2008, she brought the house to market, seeking to sell it for $10 million. As of May 2009, it was being listed for $6.5 million.Listing
Stribing brokerage website. On August 31, 2009, it was reported that the house sold for $1.4 million, which is only around $170 per square foot. In 2014, the house was renovated and cremated remains belonging to the funeral parlor were found in a Harlem storage unit. The Bailey House was designated a
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in 1974, and was added to the
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in 1980.


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File:James Bailey House.jpg, alt=James Bailey House in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, James Bailey House from St Nicholas Place, February 2021 File:Belcher stained glass mosaic window.jpg, Belcher stained glass mosaic window


See also

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List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan above 110th Street The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over a thousand landmarks, clas ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places above 110th Street in the New York Cit ...


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* {{Authority control Gilded Age mansions Buildings and structures in Harlem Houses completed in 1888 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Romanesque Revival architecture in New York City