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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1897/00/00 Robert H Robertson Architect Dr Starr hires Robert H Robertson to design a house for him at 5 W 54th in brown brick and classical detailing.
1897/00/00 Moses Allen Starr Home Dr Starr hires Robert H Robertson to design a house for him at 5 W 54th in brown brick and classical detailing.
1898/00/00 McKim, Mead and White Architect 9-11 West 54th is designed by McKim, Mead and White for James Junius Goodwin (banker, cousin of J P Morgan and father of architect Philip L Goodwin). Eastern two bays are a separate house which Mr Goodwin rented out.
1898/00/00 Philip Lippincott Goodwin Home 9-11 West 54th is designed by McKim, Mead and White for James Junius Goodwin (banker, cousin of J P Morgan and father of architect Philip L Goodwin). Eastern two bays are a separate house which Mr Goodwin rented out.
1900/00/00 John Hemingway Duncan Architect Beaux-Arts-style house at 7 W 54th is built for Philip Lehman, head of Lehman Brothers financial firm.
1907/04/14 Moses Allen Starr Life Several days ago a thief carried off $7,000 worth of jewelry from the bedroom of Prof M Allen Starr of Columbia University, at 5 West Fifty-fourth Street. The fellow left behind a casket containing $20,000 worth of Mrs Starr's jewelry. - NY Times
1907/04/14 A man swings himself inside 35 W 54th St via a rope ladder hung from the roof. Finding a maid, Christina Gustavson, he threatens to kill her. When the burglar hears noises downstairs and escapes out the window while the terrified maid shrieks for help.
1912/00/00 John D Rockefeller Jr Home An eight story mansion is built at 10 W 54th St for John D Rockefeller Jr (demolished, now the Museum of Modern Art's sculpture garden).
1914/05/02 Upton Sinclair Protest Organizer Organized by Upton Sinclair, five silent mourners picket the Rockefeller Townhouse at 10 W 54th St (demolished, now the Museum of Modern Art's sculpture garden). Ludlow Massacre
1979/01/26 Nelson Rockefeller Died Nelson Rockefeller dies of a heart attack in his townhouse at 13 W 54th St while working with Megan Marshack, a 25-year-old aide. An ambulance was called about an hour later.

Places

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Worsham-Rockefeller Master bedroom

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Particulars for Residences at 5-15 West 54th Street:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Sight Category Historic District
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th January 1990

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Residences at 5-15 West 54th Street
Registry Address: 5-15 W. 54th St.
Registry Number: 89002260
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: McKim,Mead and White; et al.
Architectural Style: Colonial revival, Classical revival, Beaux arts
Contributing Buildings: 5
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Multiple dwelling Business Financial institution

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