Sergeant White Townhouse
- Address: 229 E 48th St
- Vicinity: E 50th St
- Neighborhood of Turtle Bay in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
Sergeant White Townhouse is a townhouse in New York, New York. - AsNotedIn
Sergeant White Townhouse is a townhouse in New York, New York. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1865/00/00 | A brownstone townhouse is built on E 48th Street. | |||||
| 1919/00/00 | William Lawrence Bottomley | Architect | William L Bottomley redesigns each townhouse to have the main living areas at back garden. Except for removing the stoop, no two of the town houses are alike. | |||
| 1919/00/00 | Edward Clarence Dean | Landscape Architect | Edward Dean's Italian inspired garden is decorated with iron turtles on fence post and downspouts ending in duckbill spouts. | |||
| 1946/00/00 | E B White | Home | E B White moves to 229 E 48th Street in Turtle Bay Gardens, between 2nd and 3rd Aves, Manhattan, New York. Keeping No 245 until 1957, the Whites will also live at 239 and at 245 E 48th Street. | |||
| 1946/00/00 | Katharine Sergeant Angell White | Home | Elwyn Brooks White, and his wife, Katharine, move to 229 E 48th Street in Turtle Bay Gardens. | |||
| 1949/00/00 | E B White | Life | EB White writes about a willow tree he can see out his back windows at 229 E 48th Street: "Here Is New York." - "It is a battered tree, long suffering and much climbed, held together by strands of wire .... This must be saved." It died in 2009. |
| Particulars for Sergeant White Townhouse: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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