Ogden Codman House
7 East 96th Street | East Harlem | built 1913
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1913
Ogden Codman Jr. builds a Parisian-style townhouse for himself
Architect and decorator Ogden Codman Jr., co-author with Edith Wharton of "The Decoration of Houses," bought this vacant lot in 1907 and designed the limestone townhouse as his own residence in a style evoking the Paris of his youth. His wife died in 1910, before the house was completed in 1913.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1965
The Manhattan Country School buys the former Codman house
After passing through a series of renters and a stint as the Nippon Club's headquarters, the house was purchased in 1965 by the Manhattan Country School. The school completed a major restoration of the facade in 2000 while keeping most of the original interiors intact.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- Ogden Codman HouseWikipedia
- The 1913 Ogden Codman Jr. House - 7 East 96th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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