Turtle Bay Gardens Historic District
- Address: 226 - 246 E 49th St and 227-245 E 48th St
- Neighborhood of Turtle Bay in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1860/00/00 | The row houses in the Turtle Bay Gardens development are built. Industrialization and the opening of the Elevated trains on 2nd and 3rd Avenues in the late 1800s hasten the decline of the neighborhood. | |||||
| 1918/00/00 | Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan | Developer | The Turtle bay Holding Company buys 11 rowhouses, with basements, on the south side of 49th Street and 9 on the north side of 48th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. | |||
| 1919/00/00 | Edward Clarence Dean | Landscape Architect | Edward C Dean creates a landscape inspired by the Medici Gardens in Florence between 49th and 48th Streets by taking 6 feet from each lot and designing a series of green areas separated by low brick wall, connected by a common path down the center. | |||
| 1919/08/00 | William Lawrence Bottomley | Architect | The Turtle Bay Holding Co announces "a novel improvement in the form of American basement dwelling" to be reoriented toward the back gardens by removing stoops, remodeling back rooms into main living areas and adding servant areas near the street. | |||
| 1920/00/00 | Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan | Work | Charlotte Martin sells all her Turtle Bay townhouses at cost, except four, which she rents through her The Turtle Bay Holding Company. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | Henry R Luce | Home | Time and Life Publisher Henry Luce moves into a townhouse at 234 E 49th Street. Built in 1899, Mr Luce typically walks to work at the magazine's offices. | |||
| 1932/00/00 | Maxwell E Perkins | Home | Editor Maxwell Perkins moves to 246 E 49th St, living here until 1938. | |||
| 1940/00/00 | Mary Virginia Martin, daughter of Juanita Presley and Preston Martin, marries Richard Halliday. The couple will live at 233 E 49th Street. | |||||
| 1941/00/00 | Dorothy Thompson | Home | Writer Dorothy Thompson's moves to 237 E 48th Street in Turtle Bay Gardens. She will live here until 1957. | |||
| 1950/00/00 | June Havoc | Home | At sometime, June Havoc, sister of Gypsy Rose Lee, lives at 229 E 48th Street. | |||
| 1951/00/00 | Writer Garson Kanin and his wife, Ruth Gordon, move into 242 E 49th St. | |||||
| 1954/00/00 | Tyrone Power | Home | Tyrone Power leases 242 E 49th Street from Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. | |||
| 2007/04/11 | Kurt Vonnegut | Died | Kurt Vonnegut dies as a result of brain injuries suffered weeks earlier from a fall at his New York brownstone 228 E 48th St between 2nd and 3rd Aves, Manhattan, New York. |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Hepburn Smith Townhouse | ||
| Hunnewell Mansion NYC |
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| Lescaze House |
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| Sergeant White Townhouse |
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| Particulars for Turtle Bay Gardens Historic District: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Physiographic feature | Forest |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Architectural Style | Italianate |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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