203 East 29th Street is a historic house and carriage house located between Second and Third Avenues in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, one of a small number of wooden houses that remain on Manhattan Island. The year the house was built is uncertain,[2] having been variously dated from as early as around 1790[3] to as late as 1870.[4]

House at 203 East 29 Street
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203 East 29th Street is located in New York City
203 East 29th Street
203 East 29th Street is located in New York
203 East 29th Street
203 East 29th Street is located in the United States
203 East 29th Street
Location203 East 29th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates40°44′33″N 73°58′48″W / 40.74250°N 73.98000°W / 40.74250; -73.98000
Built1790
NRHP reference No.82003377[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 1982

The house, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1982, is privately owned and not open to the public. The architect was James Cali, and the restoration architect was John Sanguilano.[4]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Gray, Christopher (April 2, 2006). "A House That's Shy About Revealing Its Age". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  3. ^ Robinson, George (December 7, 2003). "F.Y.I." The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  4. ^ a b White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p. 214
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