The Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House is an
early Modern 6,800 square foot
townhouse
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence ...
at 32
East 74th Street (between
Madison Avenue
Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States, that carries northbound one-way traffic. It runs from Madison Square (at 23rd Street) to meet the southbound Harlem River Drive at 142nd Stre ...
and
Park Avenue
Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenu ...
) in the
Upper East Side Historic District
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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Its b ...
in Manhattan, New York City, New York in the United States.
History
Its architect was Swiss-born-and-trained
William Lescaze
William Edmond Lescaze, FAIA (March 27, 1896 – February 9, 1969), was a Swiss-born American architect, city planner and industrial designer. He is ranked among the pioneers of modernism in American architecture.
Biography
William Lescaze w ...
, and it was built for textile merchant and U.S.
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
Raymond C. Kramer and his wife from 1934 to 1935.
In 2008, the townhouse was sold for $12 million, and in 2015 it was sold for $15.9 million.
In December 2017, after renovation, the house was back on sale with a $20 million price tag.
Description
The townhouse is composed of glass,
glass blocks and
frosted glass casement window
A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges at the side. They are used singly or in pairs within a common frame, in which case they are hinged on the outside. Casement windows are often held open using a cas ...
s, white
stucco
Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...
, blue-enameled steel panels, a projecting
marquee, and a curved, inset front entrance.
It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a
solarium
Solarium may refer to:
* A sunroom, a room built largely of glass to afford exposure to the sun
* A terrace (building) or flat housetop
* The '' Solarium Augusti'', a monumental meridian line (or perhaps a sundial) erected in Rome by Emperor Augu ...
, a
winter garden, and a terrace.
See also
*
Lescaze House
The Lescaze House is a four-story house at 211 East 48th Street in the East Midtown and Turtle Bay neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It is along the northern sidewalk of 48th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. The Lesca ...
, William Lescaze's own house, designed in a similar style
*
Architecture of New York City
The building form most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, which has shifted many commercial and residential districts from low-rise to high-rise. Surrounded mostly by water, the city has amassed one of the largest and most ...
*
Early American modernism
References
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Houses completed in 1935
1935 establishments in New York City
Houses in Manhattan
Upper East Side
Modernist architecture in New York City