The James Speyer House was a
mansion located at 1058
Fifth Avenue, on the southeast corner of 87th Street, in the
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 96th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 59th Street to the south, and Central Park/Fifth Avenue to the wes ...
of
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
,
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
. It was constructed for
James Speyer
James Joseph Speyer (July 22, 1861 – October 31, 1941) was an American banker based in the city of New York. Speyer was a well-known figure on Wall Street and the firm of Speyer & Co. was well respected. It closed in 1939. Speyer was actively i ...
, a New York City banker. It was a reticent classicizing block of three stories and a set-back attic story over a sunk basement lit by a
light well. It had five
bays on the avenue, where the upper two floors were linked by a colossal order of
pilaster
In classical architecture, a pilaster is an architectural element used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists of a flat surface raised from the main wal ...
s, and seven bays on the side street.
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Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Houses in Manhattan
Upper East Side
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