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Villard Houses
Villard Houses

[Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue.]

IMAGE DATE1980
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Villard Houses ca. 1980

This great complex of town houses surrounding a central court yard was designed by Joseph M. Wells for McKim, Mead, & White in the manner of an early sixteenth-century Italian palazzo. By far the most beautiful feature of this block of residences is the interior decoration of Henry Villard's own house on the south side of the courtyard.

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