67th Street Studios

27 West 67th Street | Lincoln Square | built 1903

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1902

   December 25

   A Christmas night fire damages the studios building just before it opens

   A fire broke out on Christmas night 1902 in the nearly completed building, doing about $3,500 of damage to woodwork and plaster. The watchman, William Allen, was sure someone had set it, and a witness agreed, but police blamed his overheated stove. Firemen put out the blaze after a passerby turned in the alarm.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1903

   April 5

   A cooperative studio building for artists opens at 27 West 67th Street

   Painters Frank Vincent Du Mond, Henry Ward Ranger and Louis Paul Dessar incorporated an association in July 1901 to build the studios, with Ranger driving the project. Simonson & Sturgis designed the 14-story brick and terra cotta building, which has 14 two-story studios, 18 feet high, lit from the north, with duplex living quarters at the front. A reception formally opened it on April 5, 1903.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1906

   A sculptor's widow finishes his model, which wins the Pope's Gold Medal

   Sculptor Samuel J. Kitson died in 1904 while working on a bronze model of Christ, the Light of the World. His widow, Anne Meredith Kitson, finished the base, and the work won the Pope's Gold Medal for Sculpture in 1906. She stayed on in the building's studio afterward, surrounded by models of his best works.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1914

   July 10

   Painter Childe Hassam wins a lawsuit over a lost canvas

   Painter F. Childe Hassam, one of the building's first residents, sued the United States Express Company over his painting A Rainy Day in Washington Square, which was sent to the wrong address on its return from a Denver exhibition and never recovered. On July 10, 1914, a court ruled in his favor and awarded him $1,174.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• 27 West 67th StreetWikipedia
• The 1903 67th Street Studios Building -- 27 West 67th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan

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