1083 Fifth Avenue
Posted on April 3, 2017 by — No Comments
Until earlier this year, 1083 Fifth Avenue was the home of the National Academy Museum, an affiliate of the National Academy of Art, the nation’s oldest art school; the building is currently for sale, along with two sister properties on East 89th Street.
A graceful design by Ogden Codman Jr., the present façade replaces an older and more ornate treatment and was commissioned by Archer Milton Huntington, the noted philanthropist and Founder of the Hispanic Society of America and his sculptress wife Anna Hyatt Huntington, who, with her husband, founded Brookgreen Gardens in North Carolina.
The interior staircase is one of Codman’s best works.