Lewis G. Morris House | |
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| Location | 100East 85th Street,New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′46″N73°57′28″W / 40.77944°N 73.95778°W /40.77944; -73.95778 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Ernest Flagg |
| Architectural style | Neo-Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000960[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0654 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1977[2] |
| Designated NYCL | January 24, 1967 |
TheLewis Gouverneur and Nathalie Bailey Morris House is a historic building at 100 East 85th Street on theUpper East Side ofManhattan inNew York City. The five-story dark red brick house was built in 1913-14 as a private residence forLewis Gouverneur Morris, a financier and descendant ofGouverneur Morris, a signer of theArticles of Confederation andUnited States Constitution, and Alletta Nathalie Lorillard Bailey.[3] In 1917, Morris & Pope (Lewis Governeur Morris’ stock brokerage firm) is bankrupt but the family retains ownership of this house as well as their house in Newport, RI because his wife owned the property as collateral for a loan to him for his brokerage business.[4] Alletta Nathalie Bailey Morris was a leading women's tennis player in the 1910s, winning the national indoor tennis championship in 1920.[5]
Designed byErnest Flagg with an asymmetrical plan, the house has a distinctive style inspired by EnglishQueen Anne architecture, along withColonial andFederal architectural styles. The building features staggered stair windows, half-fan windows in pairs, a double heightoriel over the garage, and a squarecupola.[3]
The building was later also called theNew World Foundation Building. Its address is 1015 Park Avenue, although its entrance is around the corner at 100East 85th Street. The house was made a New York City Designated Landmark on January 24, 1967, and was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1] Its facade was restored by theAvi Chai Foundation in 2000.
