Item Information

Northeast corner of 81st Street and Fifth Avenue: Showing the small frame houses which stood here prior to the erection of an ultra-luxurious apartment house, the first to be erected in this exclusive section of Fifth Avenue

Dublin Core

Title

Northeast corner of 81st Street and Fifth Avenue: Showing the small frame houses which stood here prior to the erection of an ultra-luxurious apartment house, the first to be erected in this exclusive section of Fifth Avenue

The Magdelan Benevolent Asylum, about 1856: Fifth Avenue at 88th Street

Subject

New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865

Dwellings

Charitable organizations

Magdelan Benevolent Asylum

Description

Two images on one page.

Source

Fifth Avenue Bank of New York. Fifth Avenue; glances at the vicissitudes and romance of a world-renowned thoroughfare New York : Printed for the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, 1915. p. [72]

Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2006 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5655330_000/pages/ldpd_5655330_000_00000080.html

Date

c. 1856

Language

eng

Identifier

ldpd_dnyc_5655330_000_00000080

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

81st Street and Fifth Avenue; Fifth Avenue at 88th Street

Manhattan

Provenance

J. Clarence Davies [top]; John D. Crimmins [bottom]

MODS

Key Date

1856

Type of Date

approximate

Physical Description

Photographs

Prints

Repository Name

No repository

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

Citation

“Northeast corner of 81st Street and Fifth Avenue: Showing the small frame houses which stood here prior to the erection of an ultra-luxurious apartment house, the first to be erected in this exclusive section of Fifth Avenue,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 16, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/4054.