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In 1890 developer Robert B. Lynd began construction on an ambitious scheme of ten upscale homes wrapping the northwest corner of Madison Avenue and 84th Street. Designed by prolific architect John H. Duncan, the showpiece of the harmonious group would be the corner mansion.
Duncan was well-established and had designed the just-completed mansion of Philip Lehman at No. 7 West 54th Street. But it would be his later monumental works--Grant's Tomb and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch in Brooklyn--for which he is best remembered.
It appears that shortly after the construction began Lynd realized he had overextended himself financially. The four residences on 84th Street were never built.
Completed in 1892 the handsome row was clad in red brick and trimmed in terra cotta. Cornices and bandcourses ran uninterrupted from house to house, keeping the visual weight of the row low and the emphasis horizontal. An elaborate terra-cotta frieze below the cornices, and two-story Ionic pilasters above the parlor level of all but the corner house exuded an imperious, Regency-period air.
Lynd's financial problems continued when No. 1130 Madison Avenue did not immediately sell. He lost the property in 1894 when the Washington Life Insurance Company foreclosed. Of Lynd's $49,250 building loan, he still owed $47,365.
Five years after its completion, Washington Life Insurance sold No. 1130 to Alice Grace Holloway. The daughter of shipping tycoon and former mayor William R. Grace, when she married William E. Holloway in 1885 he was made head of the San Francisco branch of J. W. Grace & Co. The Holloways would have one son, William, Jr.
Duncan was well-established and had designed the just-completed mansion of Philip Lehman at No. 7 West 54th Street. But it would be his later monumental works--Grant's Tomb and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch in Brooklyn--for which he is best remembered.
It appears that shortly after the construction began Lynd realized he had overextended himself financially. The four residences on 84th Street were never built.
Completed in 1892 the handsome row was clad in red brick and trimmed in terra cotta. Cornices and bandcourses ran uninterrupted from house to house, keeping the visual weight of the row low and the emphasis horizontal. An elaborate terra-cotta frieze below the cornices, and two-story Ionic pilasters above the parlor level of all but the corner house exuded an imperious, Regency-period air.
Lynd's financial problems continued when No. 1130 Madison Avenue did not immediately sell. He lost the property in 1894 when the Washington Life Insurance Company foreclosed. Of Lynd's $49,250 building loan, he still owed $47,365.
Five years after its completion, Washington Life Insurance sold No. 1130 to Alice Grace Holloway. The daughter of shipping tycoon and former mayor William R. Grace, when she married William E. Holloway in 1885 he was made head of the San Francisco branch of J. W. Grace & Co. The Holloways would have one son, William, Jr.
Finch family 1974
