Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House

The Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House at thirty-two East Seventy-Fourth Street stands out immediately for its departure from the traditional brownstones that characterize the neighborhood. Completed in nineteen thirty-five, this townhouse was one of fewer than half a dozen residential buildings constructed in Manhattan during that entire year due to the economic pressures of the Great Depression. Its architect, William Lescaze, was a pioneer of the International Style in America and designed the home for a textile merchant and his wife who were struck by the appearance of another house Lescaze had built for himself nearby.