Conservation Work & Houses

murray hill

8 Sniffen Court

8 Sniffen Court

Murray Hill, Manhattan

Restoration of a mid-19th century Romanesque Revival Mews house on Sniffen Court, a stable complex perpendicular to East 36th Street.

Landmarks Preservation Commission approval.

  • 1960s View
  • 1970s View
105 East 35th Street

105 East 35th Street

Murray Hill, Manhattan

Conservation of the eclectic 1938 facade and restoration of the interior of a four-story townhouse in the Murray Hill Historic District. Built by Samuel W. Cronk in an Italianate Style and constructed in 1853 with a brownstone facade and an English basement plan as part of a row of four houses at 105 to 111 East 35th Street. It was altered in 1938 with the addition of keystones at the basement level and statuary and carved panels on the upper part of the facade.

Mary Todd Lincoln House

Mary Todd Lincoln House

122 East 38th Street, Murray Hill, Manhattan

Restoration and conservation, including obtaining a zoning variance from the Board of Standards & Appeals, of the Mary Lincoln Isham House, a Georgian Revival brick with stone trim townhouse. Designed by Ralph S. Townsend, Architect, and constructed in 1902. Purchased in 1906 by Charles and Mary Lincoln Isham. Mary Lincoln Isham was the granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln and daughter of Robert Todd Lincoln, the only adult son of Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War under President Garfield.