Central Park West - 76th Street Historic District

Central Park West – 76th Street (1973)

This was one of the first areas of the Upper West Side to receive landmark protection. Rowhouse construction began on 76th Street in 1887;  by 1900, 44 had been built in the district. The district retains examples of four building types common to the Upper West Side at the turn-of-the-century: A Beaux-Arts style apartment house, the Kenilworth (1906-08); the neo-Gothic Church of the Divine Paternity (now Fourth Universalist Society (1897-98)); the Classical Revival New-York Historical Society (1903-08 & 1937-38); and an artist’s residence, the Studio Building (1907-09) at 44 West 77th Street.  This new building form consisted of two-story artist’s studios and residential units.

Boundaries

Central Park West
West Side: 151-170

West 76th Street
North Side: 1-51
South Side: 2-56

West 77th Street
South Side: 44-48