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Individual Landmarks

In addition to contributing buildings in historic districts, the Upper East Side boasts 131 individual landmarks that have been designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

1. Grand Army Plaza, Fifth Avenue at 59th Street
   Carrère & Hastings, 1913-16
2. Central Park Scenic Landmark, Fifth Avenue to Central Park West, 59th Street to 110th Street
   Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, designed 1858
3. Sidewalk Clock, 783 Fifth Avenue
   E. Howard Clock Company (Manufacturer), 1927
4. Queensboro Bridge, Spanning the East River between 11th Street and Bridge Plaza North and Bridge Plaza South, Queens, and East 59th Street, Manhattan
   Gustav Lindenthal (engineer) and Henry Hornbostel (architect), 1901-08
5. Metropolitan Club, 1-11 East 60th Street
   McKim, Mead & White, 1892-94
6. Abigail Adams Smith House, 421 East 61st Street
   Architect unknown, 1799
7. Knickerbocker Club, 2 East 62nd Street
   Delano & Aldrich, 1913-15
8. 140 East 63rd Street
   Murgatroyd & Ogden, 1927-28
9. 153 East 63rd Street
   Frederick J. Sterner, 1917-19
10. The Arsenal, Central Park at East 64th Street
    Martin E. Thompson, 1847-51
11. City and Suburban Homes Company, First Avenue Estate, 1168-1200 First Avenue, 401-423 East 64th Street, and 402-416 East 65th Street
    James E. Ware, James E. Ware & Sons, 1898-1906
12. 429 East 64th Street and 430 East 65th Street
    Philip H. Ohm, 1914-15
13. 47-49 East 65th Street
    Charles A. Platt, 1907-08
14. Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Avenue
    Bertram Goodhue, 1916-18
15. Saint Vincent Ferrer Priory and School, 141-151 East 65th Street
    Priory, William Schickel, 1880-81
    Holy Name Society Building, Wilfrid Edwards Anthony, 1930
    School, Elliot L. Chisling-Ferrenz & Taylor, 1948
16. 45 East 66th Street
    Harde & Short, 1906-08
17. Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue
    Charles W. Clinton, 1877-79
18. 131-135 East 66th Street
    Charles A. Platt and Simonson, Pollard & Steinam, 1905-06
19. Manhattan House, 200 East 66th Street
    Mayer & Whittlesey; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1947-51
20. 854 Fifth Avenue
    Warren & Wetmore, 1904-05
21. 130-134 East 67th Street
    Charles A. Platt for Rossier & Wright, 1907
22. 149-151 East 67th Street
    Buchman & Deisler , 1889-90
23. 153-155 East 67th Street
    Nathaniel D. Bush, 1886-87
24. 157-159 East 67th Street
    Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, 1884-86
25. Park East Synagogue, 163 East 67th Street
    Schneider & Herter, 1889-90
26. 49 East 68th Street
    Trowbridge & Livingston, 1913-14
27. 680 Park Avenue
    McKim, Mead & White, 1909-11
28. 684 Park Avenue
    McKim, Mead & White, 1925-26
29. 686 Park Avenue
    Delano & Aldrich, 1917-19
30. 690 Park Avenue
    Walker & Gillette, 1916
31. First Hungarian Reformed Church, 346 East 69th Street
    Emery Roth, 1915-16
32. The Frick Collection and the Frick Art Reference Library, 1 East 70th Street and 10 East 71st Street
    Carrère & Hastings, 1913-14
    Entrance pavilion and library, John Russell Pope, 1931-35
    Garden addition, Henry Van Dyke, John Barrington Bayley, G. Frederick Poehler, and Russell Page, 1977
33. 11 East 70th Street
    John Duncan, 1909-10
34. 15 East 70th Street
    Charles I. Berg, 1909-10
35. 17 East 70th Street
    Heins & Lafarge [Arthur C. Jackson], 1909-11
36. 19 East 70th Street
    Thornton Chard, 1909-10
37. 21 East 70th Street
    William J. Rogers, 1918-19
38. National Society of Colonial Dames, 215 East 71st Street
    Richard Henry Dana, Jr., 1929-30
39. 867 Madison Avenue
    Kimball & Thompson, 1895-98
40. 7 East 72nd Street
    Flagg & Chambers, 1898-99
41. 9 East 72nd Street
    Carrère & Hastings, 1894-96
42. 166 East 73rd Street
    Richard M. Hunt, 1883-84
43. 168 East 73rd Street
    Charles W. Romeyn, 1899
44. 170 East 73rd Street
    Frank Wennemer, 1890-91
45. 172-174 East 73rd Street
    Frank Wennemer, 1889
46. 178 East 73rd Street
    John H. Friend, 1902
47. 180 East 73rd Street
    William Schickel & Company, 1890-91
48. 182 East 73rd Street
    Andrew Spense Mayer, 1890
49. 161 East 73rd Street
    Thomas Rae, 1896-97
50. 163 East 73rd Street
    Thomas Rae, 1896-97
51. 165 East 73rd Street
    George L. Amoroux, 1903-04
52. 167 East 73rd Street
    George L. Amoroux, 1903-04
53. 171 East 73rd Street
    Architect unknown, 1860
54. 173 East 73rd Street
    Hobart H. Walker, 1903
55. 175 East 73rd Street
    Architect unknown, 1860
56. 177-179 East 73rd Street
    Charles F. Hoppe, 1906
57. Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street
    William C. Frohne, 1895-97
58. 1 East 75th Street
    Hale & Rogers, 1907
59. Saint Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, 1067-1071 Lexington Avenue
    Nicholas Sirracino, 1910-13
60. Cherokee Apartments, 507-523 East 77th Street and 508-522 East 78th Street
    Henry Atterbury Smith, 1910-11
61. 1 East 78th Street
    Horace Trumbauer, 1909-12
62. 157 East 78th Street
    Henry Armstrong, 1861
63. 159 East 78th Street
    Henry Armstrong, 1861
64. 161 East 78th Street
    Henry Armstrong, 1861
65. 163-165 East 78th Street
    Henry Armstrong, 1861
66. 208 East 78th Street
    Attributed to John Buckely, Warren Beman, and Ransom Beman, 1861-65
67. 210 East 78th Street
    Attributed to John Buckely, Warren Beman, and Ransom Beman, 1861-65
68. 212 East 78th Street
    Attributed to John Buckely, Warren Beman, and Ransom Beman, 1861-65
69. 214 East 78th Street
    Attributed to John Buckely, Warren Beman, and Ransom Beman, 1861-65
70. 216 East 78th Street
    Attributed to John Buckely, Warren Beman, and Ransom Beman, 1861-65
71. 218 East 78th Street
    Attributed to John Buckely, Warren Beman, and Ransom Beman, 1861-65
72. City and Suburban Homes Company, Avenue A (York Avenue) Estate, 1470-1492 York Avenue, 501-555 East 78th Street, and 502-540 East 79th Street
    Philip H. Ohm, 1908
73. 972 Fifth Avenue
    McKim, Mead & White, 1902-06
74. 53 East 79th Street
    Trowbridge & Livingston , 1916-17
75. 59 East 79th Street
    Foster, Gade & Graham, 1908-09
76. 63 East 79th Street
    Adams & Warren, 1902-03
77. 67-69 East 79th Street
    Carrère & Hastings, 1907-08
78. 222 East 79th Street
    James Brown Lord, 1902
79. 116 East 80th Street
    Cross & Cross, 1922-23
80. 120 East 80th Street
    Cross & Cross, 1929-30
81. 124 East 80th Street
    Mott B. Schmidt, 1930
82. 130 East 80th Street
    Mott B. Schmidt, 1927-28
83. Metropolitan Museum of Art, also partial interior Landmark, Fifth Avenue at East 82nd Street
    Major wings by: Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, 1870-80
    Thomas Weston and Arthur L. Tuckerman, associate, 1883-88
    Arthur L. Tuckerman, 1890-94
    Richard Morris Hunt, 1894-95
    Richard Howland Hunt and George B. Post, 1895-1902
    McKim, Mead & White, 1904-26
    Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo Associates, 1967-90
84. 998 Fifth Avenue
    McKim, Mead & White, 1910-12
85. 1009 Fifth Avenue
    Welch, Smith & Provot, 1899-1901
86. Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
    William Schickel & Company, 1885-1900
87. Regis High School, 55 East 84th Street,
    Maginnis & Walsh, 1913-17
88. Sidewalk Clock, 1501 Third Avenue
    E. Howard Clock Company (manufacturer), 1890-1900
89. 100 East 85th Street
    Ernest Flagg, 1913-14
90. 412 East 85th Street
    Architect unknown, date of construction not determined
91. 1025 Park Avenue
    John Russell Pope, 1911-12
92. 1511 Third Avenue
    Robert Maynicke, 1905
93. Church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Christopher House, 316 East 88th Street
    Barney & Chapman, 1896-99
    Saint Cristopher House, 1896-99
    Addition, 1897-99
94. Parsonage of the Church of the Holy Trinity (Rhinelander Memorial), 332 East 88th Street
    Barney & Chapman, 1897
95. Gracie Mansion, East End Avenue at East 88th Street
    Ezra Weeks (attributed), 1799-1804
96. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, also partial Interior Landmark, 1071 Fifth Avenue
    Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956-59
97. 146 East 89th Street
    Hubert, Pirsson & Co., 1886-87
98. 148 East 89th Street
    Hubert, Pirsson & Co., 1886-87
99. 150 East 89th Street
    Hubert, Pirsson & Co., 1886-87
100. 152 East 89th Street
     Hubert, Pirsson & Co., 1886-87
101. 154 East 89th Street
     Hubert, Pirsson & Co., 1886-87
102. 156 East 89th Street
     Hubert, Pirsson & Co., 1886-87
103. 9 East 90th Street
     George Keister, 1902 – 1903
104. 11 East 90th Street
     Barney & Chapman, 1902-03
105. 15 East 90th Street
     Mott B. Schmidt, 1927-28
106. 17 East 90th Street
     F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr., 1917-19
107. Municipal Asphalt Plant, now Asphalt Green, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive at East 90th Street
     Kahn & Jacobs, 1941-44
108. 1261 Madison Avenue
     Buchman & Fox, 1900-01
109. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (formerly the Andrew and Louise Carnegie House), 2 East 91st Street
     Babb, Cook & Willard, 1899-1903
110. 1 East 91st Street
     J. Armstrong Stenhouse & C. P. H. Gilbert, 1914-18
111. 7 East 91st Street
     Warren & Wetmore and J. H. Morgan, 1902-05
112. 9 East 91st Street
     Carrère & Hastings, 1902-03
113. 11 East 91st Street
     Trowbridge & Livingston, 1909-11
114. 120 East 92nd Street
     Architect unknown, 1871
115. 122 East 92nd Street
     Albro Howell, 1859
116. 160 East 92nd Street
     Albro Howell (attributed), 1852-53
117. 1109 Fifth Avenue
     C. P. H. Gilbert, 1907-09
118. 56 East 93rd Street
     Walker & Gillette, 1930-31
119. 60 East 93rd Street
     John Russell Pope, 1930-31
120. 1321 Madison Avenue
     James E. Ware, 1890 -91
121. 67 East 93rd Street
     Delano & Aldrich, 1931
122. 69 East 93rd Street
     Delano & Aldrich, 1928-29
123. 71-75 East 93rd Street
     Delano & Aldrich, 1917-18
124. 1130 Fifth Avenue
     Delano & Aldrich, 1914-15
125. Squadron A Armory, Madison Avenue between East 94th and 95th Streets
     John R. Thomas, 1893-95
126. 3 East 95th Street
     Horace Trumbauer & John T. Brody, 1913-21
127. 7 East 95th Street
     Grosvenor Atterbury, 1915-17
128. 7 East 96th Street
     Ogden Codman, 1912-13
129. 15 East 96th Street
     Ogden Codman, 1915-16
130. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, 15 East 97th Street
     John Bergesen, 1901-02
131. (Former) Whitney Museum of American Arts, 945 Madison Avenue
     Marcel Breur, 1966