Treadwell Farm Historic District
- Address: E 61st St and 62nd St
- Vicinity: Between 2nd and 3rd Aves
- Neighborhood of Upper East Side in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1868/00/00 | James W Pirrson | Architect | 232, 234, 236, 238, 240 East 62nd Street - Built in 1868 for J and G Ruddell, builders, at estimated cost of $15,000 each, architect James W Pirrson. | |||
| 1874/00/00 | 205, 207, 209 East 61st Street Built in 1873-74 for Breen and Nason, builders, at estimated cost of $14,000 each, architects Breen and Nason | |||||
| 1887/00/00 | Samuel Adams Warner | Architect | Designed by Samuel A Warner in the Victorian Gothic style, the Church of Our Lady of Peace is built at 239-241 E 62nd St in 1886-87 at the cost of $200,000. | |||
| 1903/03/31 | Horace Trumbauer | Architect | Plans were filed yesterday for a new city home to be built for Mrs Alice Troth Drexel.... The second floor will contain a private ballroom and two salons in addition to a dining hall and a library. - The Sun newspaper. The mansion is at 1 E 62nd St. | |||
| 1903/03/31 | John Rozet Drexel Sr | Home | Plans were filed yesterday for a new city home to be built for Mrs Alice Troth Drexel.... The second floor will contain a private ballroom and two salons in addition to a dining hall and a library. - The Sun newspaper. The mansion is at 1 E 62nd St. | |||
| 1903/03/31 | Alice Troth Drexel | Home | Plans were filed yesterday for a new city home to be built for Mrs Alice Troth Drexel.... The second floor will contain a private ballroom and two salons in addition to a dining hall and a library. - The Sun newspaper. The mansion is at 1 E 62nd St. | |||
| 1938/00/00 | Drexel mansion is converted to upscale apartments. A modernist three-story addition replaces the mansard roof that included a penthouse flat. The penthouse living room oak paneling, the Drexels had imported from France, was moved from downstairs to here. | |||||
| 1959/10/00 | Ernest Hemingway | Home | In the fall of 1959, A E Hotchner finds Ernest and Mary a one-bedroom 900-square-foot flat at 1 E 62nd St. Hemingway was suffering from delusions, having saying to Hotchner he felt he was living in a Kafka nightmare. | Death of Ernest Hemingway | ||
| 1990/00/00 | By the late 1980s No 1 East 62nd Street had been converted to condominiums. Comedienne Joan Rivers bought the penthouse and hires museum-trained restorers to restore the French paneling. |
| Particulars for Treadwell Farm Historic District: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
| Architectural Style | Late Victorian |
| Historic Use | Multiple dwelling |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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