CONTEMPORARY NY
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4-26 West 123rd Street

architect

Charles Baxter

location

4-26 West 123rd Street

date

1880-82

style

Renaissance Revival

construction

Brownstone

type

House

 

photo of 4-26 west 123rd street
The "brownstone" of these homes designed in 1880-82 by Charles Baxter is the same as that employed in elegant residences found in mid-town Manhattan. Quarried for the most part in Connecticut, Indiana, or in Canada at New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy, brownstone is actually sandstone. It is prized for the rich color and its facility for carving the ornate details so popular of the style. Brownstone style is identified, in addition to the masonry, by the high stoops, incised ornamentation, and bracketed roof cornices.

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