| 257 Central Park West | |
|---|---|
 The profile from the 86th Street transverse of Central Park | |
 | |
| Former names | Orwell House, Peter Stuyvesant Hotel, Central Park View, 2 West 86th Street |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| Location | Manhattan, NY 10024 |
| Address | 257 Central Park West |
| Country | U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°47′06″N 73°58′11″W / 40.78500°N 73.96972°W |
| Groundbreaking | 1905 |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Owner | Private |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12 |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Mulliken and Moeller.[note 1] |
| Main contractor | Gotham Building & Construction |
| Designations | Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District |
257 Central Park West (also known as the Orwell House[1]) is a co-op apartment building on the southwest corner of 86th Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by the firm of Mulliken and Moeller[2] and built by Gotham Building & Construction between 1905 and 1906.[3]
The structure was constructed as a luxury apartment house originally called the Central Park View. Mulliken and Moeller had recently finished The Lucerne,[4] on the corner of 79th and Amsterdam Avenue, and the Bretton Hall hotel[5] on the east side of Broadway from 85th to 86th Streets. When Mulliken and Moeller began working on the Central Park View in 1905 for an investor group known only as the Monticello Realty Company, they were also designing the Severn and Van Dyck apartments[6][7] (found on the east side of Amsterdam Avenue between 72nd and 73rd streets) for a separate client.[8] In the following year, Mulliken and Moeller designed Rossleigh Court, the adjoining and similarly designed apartment building located on the northwest corner of 85th Street and Central Park West. In 1909, H. F. L. Ziegel and his wife, Beatrice, added the adjoining Neo-Georgian residence at 8 West 86th Street[9]
Situated opposite the 86th Street transverse to Central Park West on the southwest corner, the Central Park View's design followed the popular "French Flat" model in a Beaux Arts-style, modified to conform to the size of a twelve-story structure. Upon its completion, the new hotel anchored the eastern end of the developing West 86th Street. On the western end of West 86th Street, the Columbia Yacht Club[10][11] had relocated to a site adjoining the Hudson River in 1874 and remained the other West 86th Street bookend until 1937.[12][13]
257 Central Park West is located within the Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District, designated on April 24, 1990.[14] It is also located next to the 86th Street station of the New York City Subway (A, B, and C trains).
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- ^ "Orwell House, 257 Central Park West, "h" Apartment - The New York real estate brochure collection". DLC Catalog. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- ^ Christopher Gray (September 14, 2003). "Streetscapes/Mulliken & Moeller, Architects; Upper West Side Designs in Brick and Terra Cotta – New York Times". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Upper West Side/ Central Park West District Designation Report, Vol. I: Essay/ Architects' Appendix, April 24, 1990.
- ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Upper West Side/ Central Park West District Designation Report, Vol. II: Building Entries, April 24, 1990.
- ^ "Museum of the City of New York – Broadway between 85th and 86th Streets. Bretton Hall Apartment House". Secure.collections.mcny.org. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ "Severn and Van Dyck". Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ "apartment buildings". Secure.collections.mcny.org. January 7, 1945. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (September 14, 2003). "Streetscapes/Mulliken & Moeller, Architects; Upper West Side Designs in Brick and Terra Cotta". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ tom Miller (January 9, 2014). "8 West 86th Street". Daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ "Museum of the City of New York – 86th Street and Hudson River. Columbia Yacht Club, general exterior from yacht on river". Secure.collections.mcny.org. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ "The Columbia Yacht Club". Thehistorybox.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ [1][unreliable source?]
- ^ "Museum of the City of New York – 86th St., east from West End Ave, New York". Secure.collections.mcny.org. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ "Upper West Side – Central Park West Historic District". Landmarkwest.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2014.