Have you ever passed by an interesting residential building in New York City and wanted to know more about its history? In this series, Brick Underground teams up with Tom Miller, creator of Daytonian in Manhattan, a blog about Manhattan buildings and other historic architecture. Each week, we run an excerpt from the Daytonian’s archives with a link to the full article.
On February 19th, 1887, the Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide reported that developers William J. and John P. Walsh and the architectural firm of C. Abbott French & Co. had teamed up again for a row of 12 “Queen Anne private residences” on East 95th Street between Park and Lexington avenues. Completed in 1888, each of the three-story residences would cost about $490,000 in 2026 money to erect.
Among the most eye-catching was 122 East 95th St., with a yellow brick facade contrasted by ruddy terra cotta. A dog-legged box stoop rose to the entrance. The upper sashes of the grouped parlor windows contained myriad small panes typical of the Queen Anne style…