Red House (Manhattan)
The Red House is a 1903 apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built on land owned by Canadian architect R. Thomas Short of the Beaux-Arts firm, Harde & Short. He and his firm designed and built the building in a free eclectic mix of French late Gothic. and English Renaissance motifs, using red brick and limestone with bold black-painted mullions in the fenestration. The salamander badge of Henri II appears high on the flanking wings and in the portico frieze. The center is recessed, behind a triple-arched screen.
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| Location | 350 West 85th Street, New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°47′20″N 73°58′49″W |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Harde & Short |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, French Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001742[1] |
| NYCL No. | 1265 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
| Designated NYCL | September 14, 1982 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983.
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