William Goadby Loew House

56 East 93rd Street | Carnegie Hill | built 1931

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

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1932
William and Florence Loew build a Regency-style mansion
William Goadby Loew and his wife Florence, whose brother George Baker Jr. lives across the street, commission architects Walker & Gillette in 1930 to design an English Regency-style house at 56 East 93rd Street. Completed in 1932, the forty-room mansion becomes known for fashionable dinners and cocktail parties.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1956
April
Crowds tour the Loew mansion before its contents are auctioned
After William Goadby Loew's death in 1955, the mansion opens to the public for three days in April 1956 to display its art and furniture collection ahead of auction. More than 2,000 people tour the forty-room home despite rain.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1972
March 14
The city designates the Loew mansion a landmark
New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the former William Goadby Loew house at 56 East 93rd Street an individual landmark on March 14, 1972.
Source: Wikipedia
1999
The Spence School restores original interiors thought lost
The Spence School acquires the former Loew mansion in 1999 and hires architect Samuel White to convert it into its Lower School. During the renovation, the mansion's original interiors, long removed for its use as the Smithers Alcoholism Center, turn up in storage and are reinstalled.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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