203 East 29th Street

House at 203 East 29 Street
(2010)
Location203 East 29th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates40°44′33″N 73°58′48″W / 40.74250°N 73.98000°W / 40.74250; -73.98000
Built1790
NRHP reference No.82003377[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 1982

203 East 29th Street is a historic house and carriage house located between Second and Third Avenues in Kips Bay, Manhattan, New York City, and one of the few remaining wooden houses on Manhattan Island. The year the house was built is uncertain,[2] having been variously dated from as early as around 1790[3] to as late as 1870.[4]

The house, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1982, is privately owned and not open to the public. The architect was James Cali, and the restoration architect was John Sanguilano.[4]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Gray, Christopher (April 2, 2006). "A House That's Shy About Revealing Its Age". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  3. ^ Robinson, George (December 7, 2003). "F.Y.I." The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  4. ^ a b White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p. 214