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Sanderson Hotel

Address: New York, New York
Role: Preservation Architect
Architect: Charles Brendon
Year Built: 1904
Completed: 2008
Project Status: Completed

Drawing from archival photographs and neighboring buildings, Henson designed a new unified façade to revive this set of three elegant townhouses.

38 Gramercy Park North, a five-story co-op building located just outside the Gramercy Park Historic District, was originally constructed as three separate buildings. In the early 1920s a hotelier converted it into a single structure and re-clad the new building in Neo-Tudor stucco and timber.

In 2007 we directed the restoration of the façade, which had fallen into disrepair. It was important to all involved that the restoration be sensitive to the surrounding historic district. Utilizing details from archival photographs and the adjacent buildings, Henson designed a new unified façade which revived the elegant brownstone detailing of the original three buildings. In keeping with the details of the surrounding buildings, deep red period brick with tight butter joints were specified, and a new copper cornice was installed to match the sheet metal cornices of the original buildings.

The restoration received a 2012 Brick in Architecture Gold Award from the Brick Industry Association and an Award of Excellence from the Gramercy Neighborhood Associates in 2011.

Date:

November 5, 2019

Category:

Historic Preservation