Henry Randel House

38 East 38th Street | Midtown | built 1925

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1901
Diamond jeweler Henry Randel dies at 84, and his funeral is held at his East 38th Street house
Henry Randel lived at 38 East 38th Street with his wife, Caroline Malvina Perrine. In 1840 he partnered with James Baremore to form the jewelry firm Randel & Baremore, which made diamonds its specialty when few New York dealers did. Randel died in July 1901 while staying at Tuxedo, and his funeral was held at the house.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1902
H. H. Rogers Jr. remakes the house into a limestone mansion
After Randel's death, his daughter Emelie's stepson, H. H. Rogers Jr., bought the house and hired architect Charles Brigham to design an entirely new facade. Brigham's 1902 work gave the four-story Italianate house a limestone front with scrolled pediments, fluted pilasters, and Corinthian entrance columns.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
2006
The mansion is renovated into a triplex and three apartments
A 2006 renovation divided the building's interior into a triplex apartment and three additional units, while leaving the 1902 limestone facade largely unchanged. The conversion continued a long series of residential uses dating back to a 1936 apartment conversion that had included a doctor's office in the basement.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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