Stuyvesant & Gramercy Parks Historic Districts Walking Tour

• Imaculate Conception Church
• Dumbell tenements
• A row of landmark Italianate brick houses from 1852
• The Lying in Hospital now an apartment house, J.P. Morgan, Dr. James Markoe
• The mansion once occupied by "The Girl on the Red Velvet Swing"
• The Sidney Webster Mansion designed by, Richard Morris Hunt, and the "Where do I stand letter"
• The site of Dr. Kreizler's home in the novel: "The Alienist"
• originally: St. George's Memorial House home of St. George's Club
• Henry Hill Pierce House, early 1850’s, looks as if it may have come from a midival German town
• Saint George's Church & Chapel , J.P. Morgan and Rev. William Rainsford
• Saint George's Chapel
• Elegant, Anglo-Italianate Townhouses from 1860's
• The Friends Meeting House
• Rainford House originally a male residence from the turn of last century
• The National Arts Club
• "Antonin Dvorak" statue and the site of his home across the street - Henry T. Burleigh
• Friends Meeting House & Seminary
• "Peter Stuyvesant " Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
• The site where O. Henry lived and wrote "The Gift of the Magi"
• Fnd out about the "Block Beautiful"
• The Players Club and `Edwin Booth'
• The house Elsie De Wolf owned/ lived in with Elizabeth Marbury before becoming Lady Mendi
• The site of New York City's first apartment house and a picture of it (demolished 50 years ago)
  It was mentioned in the novel "Time and Again"
  Also from "Time and Again" the boarding house that Julia worked in and Sy lived in
• The oldest surviving apartment house in New York City
• Calvery Church (Eleanor Roosevelt - Alcoholic’s Anonymous)
• The oldest surviving luxury apartment house in New York City

• The development of Gramercy Park, Stuyvesant Square and "Manhattan's Four Squares"
• The meanest man in New York City
• The Gramercy Park Hotel
• Peter Cooper, his mansion, his college & him
• America's greatest tragic actor, his infamous brother and his father: 'the mad tragedian'
• The New York Governor who ran for president, won the popular vote and lost the election
• Some famous past residents of the Gramercy Park neighborhood such as: Lincoln Kirstein, Ida Tarbell, Theda Bara, George Bellows, John Barrymore, Thomas Edison, Edwin Booth, Samuel Tilden, Robert Henri, James Harper, George Templeton Strong, Cyrus Field, Stamford White, John F. Kennedy, Humphrey Bogart, Hart Crane, Norman Thomas, John Steinbeck. And this doesn't mention today's famous residents but I will on the walking tour

• The National Arts Club, originally a Victorian Gothic mansion for Samuel Tilden
• The site where O. Henry lived and wrote "The Gift of the Magi"
• Originally: Friends (Quaker) Meeting House from 1859
• George Bellows lived here with his family until he died
• Fnd out about the "Block Beautiful"
• Robert Henri lived, worked and taught here
• The Stuyvesant Fish Mansion from 1887
• Ida Tarbell and Theda Bara lived here
• The Players Club and `Edwin Booth'
• John Garfield died here
• Calvery Church (Eleanor Roosevelt - Alcoholic’s Anonymous)
• The house Elsie De Wolf owned/ lived in with Elizabeth Marbury before becoming Lady Mendi
• Humphrey Bogart lived here and John F. Kennedy played here>
• The Gramercy Park Hotel & the site of Stanford White's mansion
• See some great gargoyles that overlook Gramercy Park and John Barrymore Jr. lived here
• The site of New York City's first apartment house and a picture of it (demolished 50 years ago)
  It was mentioned in the novel "Time and Again"
  Also from "Time and Again" the boarding house that Julia worked in and Sy lived in
• The oldest surviving luxury apartment house in New York City

• The development of Gramercy Park and "Manhattan's Four Squares"
• The meanest man in New York City
• Peter Cooper, his mansion, his college & him
• America's greatest tragic actor, his infamous brother and his father: 'the mad tragedian'
• The New York Governor who ran for president, won the popular vote and lost the election
• Some more famous past residents of the Gramercy Park neighborhood such as: Lincoln Kirstein, Mrs. Campbell, Thomas Edison, James Harper, George Templeton Strong, Cyrus West Field, Hart Crane, Norman Thomas, John Steinbeck. And this doesn't mention today's famous residents but I will on the walking tour

• Imaculate Conception Church
• Dumbell Tenements
• Henry Hill Pierce House, early 1850’s, looks as if it may have come from a midival German town
• originally St. George’s Memorial House, 1888, home to St. George’s Club
• A row of landmark Italianate brick houses from 1852
• The Lying in Hospital now an apartment house, J.P. Morgan Sr., Dr. James Markoe
• Saint George's Church & Chapel, where J.P. Morgan worshiped (Rev. William S. Rainsford)
• The site of "Silent Charlie" Murphy's mansion
• The Sidney Webster Mansion designed by, Richard Morris Hunt, the "where do I stand" letter
• Elegant, Anglo-Italianate Townhouses from 1860's
• The mansion where "The Girl on the Red Velvet Swing" lived at the turn of last century
• Friends Meeting House & Seminary
• "Peter Stuyvesant" Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
• Saint George's Chapel
• "Antonin Dvorak" his bust and the site where he lived, Harry T. Burleigh

• The development of Stuyvesant Square Park and "Manhattan's Four Squares"
• The site of Dr. Kreizler's home in the novel: "The Alienist"
• William Deans Howel lived her, William Merritt Chase lived in a brownstone on this site , Reginald Marsh lived here