Sold
107 East 70th Street
New York City NY, 10021
$34,500,000
$1,516.48 per sqft
Sold
10 Beds
14 Baths
22,750 sqft
Town House
Built in 1920
Lauded as "The Best House on the Best Block" by The New York Times, The Thomas Lamont mansion is extremely impressive in scale, architecturally significant, and supremely situated on one of the most coveted and loveliest tree-lined blocks on the Upper East Side.
Commissioned by Thomas W. Lamont, a partner at J. P. Morgan & Company, the renowned architecture firm of Walker & Gillette created a Tudor-revival mansion on the 55-foot wide mid-block lot. Anointed by many of New York's influential families, the firm is well-known for celebrated and important residential buildings, such as the Charles E. Mitchell House (now the French Consulate), the Henry P. Davison House (now the Italian Consulate), and the William Goadby Loew House (now the Spence School), as well as the Fuller Building and the East River Savings Bank.
The six-story landmarked mansion has had but two owners in its 100-year history: Thomas and Florence Lamont, and the Visiting Nurse Service, to which it was bequeathed by Mrs. Lamont upon her death in 1954.
Constructed in 1922, Walker & Gillette's fanciful and imaginative design incorporates leaded-glass windows, a cloistered side garden, planned irregular patterns of masonry work, and a picturesque roofline of grouped chimney flues. Gracefully set back from the street by ten feet, the house is visually resplendent. Charming detail abounds.
Inside, the house retains a few marvelous and significant original rooms, such as an oak-paneled library with an ornately-carved marble mantle, thirteen and a half-foot ceilings with carved plaster detail, and very tall leaded-glass windows. While these rooms have been preserved, and the house has been extremely well and maintained and updated to today's systems, much of the house has been converted to flexible and modern office space, most recently by Breyer Blinder Belle in 2009. Conveniences that have been overseen during the conversion include a hydraulic elevator and a water-cooled central air conditioning system with two chillers, each with four condensers.
At nearly 23,000 interior square feet and with over 2,500 square feet of outdoor space, the 50-foot wide building offers myriad possibilities.
PRCH-3973967
MLSⓇ ID
February 27, 2023
Listed
July 13, 2024
Updated
Map
107 East 70th Street
New York City NY, 10021
Interior Features
Total Stories
5
Bedrooms
10
Total Bathrooms
14
Full Bathrooms
14
Interior Features
Eat-in Kitchen, Elevator, Kitchen Window, Storage
Appliances
Dishwasher
Laundry Description
Building None, None
Fireplace
Yes
Fireplace Description
Wood Burning
Cooling
Yes
Cooling Description
Central Air
Heating
No
Exterior/Building Features
Lot Size
0.13 Acres
Exterior Features
Building Garden, Garden
Lot Features
Garden
Architectual Style
Prewar
Other Property Details
Taxes
$343,332
Tax Frequency
Annually
HOA Frequency
Monthly
Garage
No
View
No
County
NewYork
Pool
No
Listing History
Date | Event | Price |
---|---|---|
4/2/2024 | Sold | $34,500,000 |
Listed by Serena Boardman with Sothebys International Realty
Listing Contact: (212) 606-7611
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