Just Off Fifth: 4 East 79th Street, The Nichols-Harriman Mansion
Posted on December 2, 2016 by — No Comments
Perhaps the most opulent house on the Cook Block not actually fronting Fifth Avenue, 4 East 79th Street was originally designed by C.P.H. Gilbert in a Beaux Arts style for James E. Nichols that contrasted with the Chateauesque Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion next door. After its purchase in 1916 by the Harriman Family, architect Herbert Lucas was… Continue reading