Francis F. Palmer House

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rdf:langString George F. Baker Jr. Houses (including the Francis F. Palmer House)

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rdf:langString The Francis F. Palmer House is the centerpiece of a complex of five residential buildings located at 67, 69, and 75 East 93rd Street in New York City, known collectively as the George F. Baker Jr. Houses. The architects Delano & Aldrich designed all five. The financier Francis F. Palmer built the principal residence at the corner of 93rd Street and Park Avenue in 1918. The financier George F. Baker, Jr. bought the house in May 1926 and made four substantial additions. Earlier, in July 1919, Baker and his wife, Edith Kane Baker (1884-1977), bought the Henry Brevoort Mansion, built in 1834 on lower Fifth Avenue and designed by the architects Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis. (Edith Baker was Brevoort's great-granddaughter.) The couple intended to renovate the house for their own use but sold it in 1925. Before they did, they removed two mantels and an ornamental plaster frieze, all of which were installed by their architects in their new living room on 93rd Street. After they bought the property, George Baker engaged Delano & Aldrich to design two additions to No. 75, an annex on Park Avenue and a ballroom wing, both completed in 1929. In October 1927, Baker bought No. 69 East 93rd St., where he built a garage with staff quarters above, also completed in 1929. The main house, the ballroom wing and the staff quarters form a small courtyard enclosed by a brick wall along 93rd Street. Baker added a townhouse to the complex at 67 East 93rd Street, also designed by Delano & Aldrich, to be used as a residence for Baker's father, George F. Baker, Sr. The house was completed in October 1931, but the father died at his home on Madison Avenue before he could move into the new house. In 1982, the entire ensemble (67, 69, and 75) was added as a group to the National Register of Historic Places.

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