James F. D. Lanier Residence

The James F. D. Lanier Residence is a rare survivor of the Gilded Age, standing as a grand monument to the era of excess in New York City. Built between 1901 and 1903, the mansion was commissioned by James and Harriet Lanier, who leveled two existing brownstones to create a double-wide footprint. The architects, Hoppin and Koen, designed the structure in the Parisian Beaux-Arts style, incorporating a striking verdigris copper mansard roof and ionic pilasters that distinguish it from the more muted rowhouses surrounding it on East 35th Street.