Houses at 157–165 East 78th Street
terrace of houses in Manhattan, New York
The houses at 157–165 East 78th Street are a row of five attached brick houses on that street in Manhattan, New York, United States. They are the remainder of an original group of 11 built in 1861, when the area was originally being developed due to the extension of rail transit into it.
As a result, they are among the oldest townhouses on the Upper East Side. Some of them have been added onto, and the two easternmost were combined into a single unit. They retain enough historical integrity that they were designated a New York City Landmark in 1968, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the East 78th Street Houses.
Buildings
The row is located at 157–165 East 78th Street, on the north side of the street between Third and Lexington Avenues, being closer to the west end of the city block. The neighborhood is residential, consisting of similar, often larger, rowhouses and apartment buildings. It is just outside the Upper East Side Historic District, and on the southern edge of Yorkville.
Each lot measures 18 feet (5.5 m) wide and 102 feet (31 m) deep, although the buildings themselves only cover the front 40 feet (12 m). They are two stories high, with exposed basements giving them the appearance of three and a main entrance below street level.
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