No. 2 EAST 75th ST, UES: A BRIEF HISTORY
******************************************************************************************************************************** Brownstone Detectives investigates the history of our clients’ homes. The story you are about to read was composed from research conducted in the course of one of those investigations. Do you know the history of YOUR house? ******************************************************************************************************************************** “Hoyt House Sold for Apartments” ran the title of the New York Times articles on Fri., 21 February 1941. “The purchase of a large East Side residence and plans for converting it into an apartment building of small suites were announced yesterday when Albert Klein bought the five-story dwelling at 2 East Seventy-fifth Street from the Hoyt Estate. “The house occupies a lot 30 by 102.2 feet, adjoining the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue, and was sold through Douglas L. Elliman & Co., brokers. The adjoining residence at 934 Fifth Avenue was formerly the home of Charles E. Mitchell, who bought it from the estate of A. M. Hoyt through the Elliman organization. Thomas J. Watson, president of the International Business Machines Corporation, recently bought 4 East Seventy-fifth Street.” According to the Upper East Side Historic Designation Report, No. 2 is a neo-French Classic with Tudor detailing style home was built in 1893-95 by Richard H. Hunt for Henry R. Hoyt. A rear addition was added in 1907, a new limestone façade at the foundation wall in 1910, and a rear penthouse in 1919. It is not clear whether it was during the 1941 conversion that the large and distinctive bay window extension on the front of the building was removed. […]
