1261 Madison Avenue

Apartment building in Manhattan, New York November 2025 November 2025 Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue 1261_Madison_Avenue_(55495482364).jpg 1261 Madison Ave., New York, New York 40 47 00 N 73 57 24 W region:US_type:landmark Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue inline,title Manhattan#New York City#New York 1900 Buchman & Fox Beaux Arts, Second Empire 1982-10-29 less than one acre 820011852013a yes yes center 250 250 14 point 1261 Avenue of the Americas 40 47 00 N 73 57 24 W New York State Register of Historic Places NYSRHP 1982-09-22Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation November 7, 2014 https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ July 20, 2023 06101.001750 bottom New York City Landmark 1974-07-23 0865 1261 Madison Avenue is an apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US. It was built between 1900 and 1901 and was designed by the firm of Buchman & Fox. The building is one of a few luxury apartment buildings that were developed in the surrounding area prior to World War I. It is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Description 1261 Madison Avenue is at the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 90th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US,459 within the Carnegie Hill neighborhood.https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0865.pdf 1261 Madison Avenue Apartment House July 23, 1974 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission November 26, 2025 The building has a frontage, or width, of 62 ft along 90th Street to the south, and 100 ft along Madison Avenue to the west.24 May 1923 Latest Dealings in Realty Field: Operators Continue to Purchase Apartment House Properties in Manhattan. Madison Av. Corner Sold Seven-story Building Bought by George Keanu Tenant Syndicate Buys Hendrik Hudson. The New York Times 31 0362-4331 100222953 The building was designed by Buchman & Fox in the Beaux-Arts style176-177 for the real-estate developer Gilbert Brown. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001185.pdf November 26, 2025 National Park Service With 82001185 y accompanying pictures3 The building measures seven stories high. It is surrounded by alleyways to the north and east, making the structure entirely freestanding.2 The outermost bays on Madison Avenue protrude from the rest of the facade.3 On Madison Avenue and 90th Street, the first and second stories have a rusticated limestone facade. The first story additionally contains a grand entrance on Madison Avenue, with a short of steps ascending a molded door frame. There are rusticated pilasters on either side of steps, along with brackets; a broken pediment above the doorway surrounds a volute with the number "1261" inside it.3 The AIA Guide to New York City praised the building's "monumental broken pediment" as the main architectural feature of the building's otherwise nondescript facade. Above the broken pediment, on the second floor, is a marble medallion surrounded by a cartouche.3 The third through fifth stories have a smooth limestone facade. On these stories, the fourth-story and fifth-story window frames are flanked by quoins (which form a key motif), and the spandrel panels below these stories are carved. On the fifth story, the outermost bay on Madison Avenue have cartouches above an arched opening, and there are console brackets above these windows. On both elevations of the facade, a cornice runs horizontally above the fifth story, with modillions beneath them and an iron balcony above. Within the outer bays on Madison Avenue, the protruding sixth- and seventh-story windows are flanked by double-height pilasters, and there are round pediments above the seventh story.3 On the rest of the facade, the rectangular sixth-story windows are topped by frieze panels, and there is a string course running horizontally above that story. The seventh-story windows project from the mansard roof and are topped by curved pediments with various carved ornamentation.3 History The construction of the nearby Andrew Carnegie Mansion in the late 1890s spurred large amounts of high-end development in the neighborhood,De Avila Joseph August 6, 2011 Property – Open House: Carnegie Hill Holds On to the High Ground The Wall Street Journal A20 0099-9660 881346849Senft Bret August 23, 1992 If You're Thinking of Living in: Carnegie Hill https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/23/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-carnegie-hill.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240127012126/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/23/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-carnegie-hill.html January 27, 2024 January 27, 2024 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 including several houses and an apartment building at 1291 Madison Avenue.3 In 1923, the developer George Kean bought the building from Bing & Bing. Robert W. Dowling's firm, the City Investing Company, bought the building in 1946;4 Apr 1946 Dowling Adds To Large Parcel On Madison Av.: Investor Now Controls Blockfront at 90th, 91st Sts.; Brown Buys in 57th St. New York Herald Tribune 39 1941-0646 12845935631946-04-04 Brown Pays Cash for 57th St. Parcel; Buys Two Buildings From the Valentine Estate--Dowling Gets East Side House https://www.nytimes.com/1946/04/04/archives/brown-pays-cash-for-57th-st-parcel-buys-two-buildings-from-the.html 2025-11-26 The New York Times at the time, Dowling also owned the other buildings on the east side of Madison Avenue extending north to 91st Street. In 1950, Dowling sold the building to the 1261 Madison Avenue Corporation, a housing cooperative composed of the 16 families who lived there.1950-12-07 Builders Get East Side Site; Plan New Structure on 54th Street Similar to Arden Edifice https://www.nytimes.com/1950/12/07/archives/builders-get-east-side-site-plan-new-structure-on-54th-street.html 2025-11-26 The New York Times See also List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets References Category:1900 establishments in New York City Category:Apartment buildings in New York City Category:Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Category:Apartment buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Residential buildings completed in 1900 Category:New York State Register of Historic Places in New York County Category:New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Category:Upper East Side Category:1900s architecture in the United States