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Houses at 157–165 East 78th Street

1861 establishments in New York (state)Houses completed in 1861Houses in ManhattanHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in ManhattanItalianate architecture in New York City
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The houses at 157–165 East 78th Street are a row of five attached brick houses on that street in Manhattan, New York, United States. They are the remainder of an original group of 11 built in 1861, when the area was originally being developed due to the extension of rail transit into it. As a result, they are among the oldest townhouses on the Upper East Side. Some of them have been added onto, and the two easternmost were combined into a single unit. They retain enough historical integrity that they were designated a New York City Landmark in 1968, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the East 78th Street Houses.

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Houses at 157–165 East 78th Street
East 78th Street, New York Manhattan

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10075 New York, Manhattan
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St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church
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