Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Dr. Townsend's Residence. Built: 1853-1855. Razed: 1864. Northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.Originally built by Samuel P. Townsend, the patentee of sarsaparilla. The house was sold to Dr. G. Abbott in 1862 who conducted seminary for young ladies. The Townsend home was eventually replaced by the A.T. Stewart Mansion which was then razed to make way for the Empire State Building.
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Local Subjects
Townsend, Samuel P. -- Homes and haunts
Architecture, Domestic
Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)
Street life
Mansions
Pediments
Balconies
Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
Note
1853-1855
1864
Digitized by Mina Rees Library; City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.