1 W 123RD Street

$6,500,000

MLS# RLS20061200 · South Harlem

6 Beds 4 Baths 11,995 Sq.Ft.

About This Property

1 West 123rd Street --- 31 Mt Morris Park West

Winner of the 2022 LUCY G. MOSES PRESERVATION Award

THE JOHN DWIGHT HOUSE - PAST IS PROLOGUE

NOW REDUCED BY NEARLY $1,000,000

Following the lead of McKim, Mead & White, this house was built in 1890 in the neo-Renaissance Revival style by architect Frank Hill Smith for John Dwight. It was erected during The Gilded Age (from 1875 to 1900 or 1910), and financed by his baking soda empire, Arm and Hammer. This product dominated the market from 1873 onward and is still popular today. Frank Hill Smith was also a painter who collaborated with William Morris Hunt in the 1880s, which may account for his preoccupation with interior design and color, which is reflected in the house we see today.

AWARD WINNING HISTORIC RENOVATION

During their decade long ownership, the present owners engaged the illustrious architect, Samuel G. White, the great grandson of Stanford White, to restore the interior design elements and original floor plan of this house. The mission of White's varied architectural practice is defined as "combining historic restoration and adaptive reuse with new designs and historic settings" and this house offered the perfect palette. Among many other projects, White has modernized Stanford White's Astor Court in Rhinebeck with a similar philosophy. Astor Court was built originally built for John Jacob Astor IV and inspired by The Grand Trianon at Versailles.

CORNER HOUSE WITH EXCEPTIONAL LIGHT

As New York townhouses tend to be adjacent to each other facing north and south, finding a corner house with light on three sides is extremely rare.

This house faces west, south and east, with sets of huge square windows and an amazing five corner rooms. The numerous windows on the long side of the house infuse the interior with an exceptional amount of light. Further adding to the abundant light are four oval rooms on the long side of the building also with huge sets of windows.

In total, the house possesses 52 large windows, an extraordinary number. Few houses are so blessed with this amount of natural light.

LAYOUT

Basement

Approx. 2,540 SqFt

Four Storage Rooms

Wine Cellar

Gas/Meter Room

Two Sidewalk Vaults

Laundry Room

Powder Room

Meter Room

Boiler Room

Elevator/Mechanics Room

Workshop/Storage Room

Ground Floorr

Approx. 2,260 SqFt Interior, 795 SqFt Exterior

Entry Hall

Dining Room

Powder Room

Corridor

Eat-In Kitchen

Pantry

Library

Elevator

Double-Door Entrance (Steel Door and Wooden Door)

Parlor Floor

Approx. 2,160 SqFt

Large Hall

Oval Reading Room + Fireplace

Corridor

Back Room

Library with Skylight

Elevator

Drawing Room + Fireplace

Third Floor

Approx. 1,665 SqFt Interior, 495 SqFt Exterior

Large Hall

Bedroom/Study + Fireplace

Terrace

Full Bathroom

Oval Bedroom + Fireplace

Elevator

Dressing Room

Fourth Floor

Approx. 1,665 SqFt

Anteroom

Bedroom/Study + Fireplace

Dressing Room

Full Bathroom

Oval Bedroom + Fireplace

Elevator

Fifth Floor

Approx. 1,665 SqFt

Skylight Room

Kitchen and Laundry Room

Dressing Room

Full Bathroom

Bedroom / Study + Fireplace

Oval Bedroom

Elevator

Building: 25 FT Wide and 92 FT Depth

Lot: 25 FT Wide and 100 FT Depth

Rooms: 15

Bedrooms: 6

Full Bathrooms: 3

Powder Rooms: 2

Two Kitchens

Two Laundry Rooms

Two Sets of Staircases

Elevator (Non-functional, can be restored)(Original mechanics)

With a total Gross Interior Square Footage of Approx. 11,955 (including the Basement of Approx. 2,540 Gross Square Feet). The total Exterior space is approx. 1,290 Square Feet, this includes the front outdoor space and the terrace (the outdoor square footage is separate from the interior Gross Square Footage).

THE FUTURE IS YOURS

These owners have been loyal custodians of the restoration of the interior design elements and original floorplan of this illustrious building. Now it will be the next owner's opportunity to carry forward their own vision within this remarkable property.