Houses and mansions in New York
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the New York register is houses than any other kind of building, 134 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1897 to 1948. 13 stops, 1.7 miles end to end. Of the stops, 2 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1James B. Duke Mansion1 E. 78th St.Building · built 1912 · listed 1977start
- 2Harry F. Sinclair HouseNHL2 E. 79th St.Building · built 1948 · listed 1978101 ft from stop 1
- 3John S. Rogers House53 E. 79th St.Building · listed 19830.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Duke Residence1009 Fifth Ave.Building · built 1901 · listed 19890.2 mi from stop 3
- 5House at 49 East 80th Street49 E 80th St.Building · listed 2007412 ft from stop 4
- 6William Schickel House52 E. 83rd St.Building · listed 2004246 ft from stop 5
- 7Lewis G. Morris House100 E. 85th St.Building · built 1914 · listed 19770.1 mi from stop 6
- 8Andrew Carnegie MansionNHL2 E. 91st St.Building · listed 19660.3 mi from stop 7
- 9Burden, James A. Jr., House and Kahn, Otto H., House70 and 1 E. 91st St.Building · listed 2006143 ft from stop 8
- 10Felix M. Warburg Mansion1109 5th Ave.Building · built 1909 · listed 1982282 ft from stop 9
- 11William Goadby Loew House56 E. 93rd St.Building · built 1931 · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 10
- 12Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House60 E. 93rd St.Building · built 1930 · listed 1982same block from stop 11
- 13Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and Parsonage312-316 and 332 E. 88th St.Building · built 1897 · listed 19800.5 mi from stop 12
1.7 straight-line miles over 12 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 13 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in New York
- Neoclassical architecture in New York12 stops · 2.4 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The New York examples on this route went up between 1886 and 1937.
- Beaux-Arts architecture in New York12 stops · 2.4 milesBeaux-Arts is the grand classical manner taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with paired columns, sculpted swags and monumental stairs. The New York examples on this route went up between 1902 and 1905.
- Churches and temples in New York11 stops · 2.3 milesThe route links churches built between 1801 and 2017. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
- Banks and business blocks in New York15 stops · 2.5 milesThe route links commercial buildings built between 1846 and 1929. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
- New York in the 1930s10 stops · 2.1 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1930s. Art Deco is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
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Guidebooks to historic places in New York
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.