520 West End Avenue

520 West End Avenue, also known as the John B. and Isabella Leech Residence, is a landmarked mansion on the northeast corner of West End Avenue and 85th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The house, built as a single-family residence, was built in 1892 as the residence of Isabella and John B. Leech. Leech was a prosperous cotton broker. The architect was Clarence F. True. At the time the Leech residence was built, West End Avenue was lined with homes belonging to prosperous families.^[1]

520 West End Avenue is a Romanesque Revival building, built of blocks of rusticated limestone on the first two floors with tan-colored Roman brick above. The detailing draws on Gothic Revival and Elizabethan Revival styles.^[1] Built on a corner lot, it was one of the largest homes on a street of townhouses.^[2] For a time it housed the Gordon-Winston School. It is now an apartment building.^[1]

Development battle

The house was declared a New York City landmark in 1987.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (March 1998). Vinchesi, Amy L. (ed.). The Landmarks of New York III. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8109-3594-5.
^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (2003). Guide to New York City Landmarks (3rd ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-471-36900-4.
^ Dunlap, David W. (1987-04-30). "Panel Declares Landmark Site at Town House". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ Dunlap, David W. (1988-06-15). "Judge Overturns Landmark Status of Town House on Upper West Side". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ "Town House Made A Landmark Again". The New York Times. 1988-08-15. Retrieved 2009-09-05.

40°47′17.5″N 73°58′40.7″W / 40.788194°N 73.977972°W / 40.788194; -73.977972

Upper West Side (including Lincoln Square, Manhattan Valley, Riverside South)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

59th–72nd Sts	1 Lincoln Plaza 1 Riverside Park 5 West 63rd Street 15 Central Park West 50 West 66th Street 55 Central Park West 101 Central Park West 200 Amsterdam Bradford Hotel The Brentmore The Century Deutsche Bank Center The Dorilton Empire Hotel First Battery Armory Harperly Hall IRT Powerhouse Hotel des Artistes Lincoln Towers The Majestic Millennium Tower Park Loggia The Prasada Pythian Temple The Sofia Trump International Hotel and Tower Waterline Square
72nd–86th Sts	257 Central Park West 520 West End Avenue The Ansonia The Apthorp Apple Bank Building The Astor Hotel Beacon Hotel Belleclaire The Beresford Bretton Hall The Dakota Endicott Hotel The Greystone The Kenilworth The Langham The Level Club Olcott Hotel Public School 9 Red House Rossleigh Court The San Remo
86th–110th Sts	161 West 93rd Street 353 Central Park West 360 Central Park West 370 Riverside Drive 601 West End Avenue The Ariel Association Residence Nursing Home Astor Court Building The Belnord Claremont Riding Academy Columbus Square The Cornwall The El Dorado Frederick Douglass Houses Isaac L. Rice Mansion Master Apartments Hotel Paris New York Cancer Hospital The Normandy Pomander Walk Schinasi Mansion The Turin
Former	Apthorp Farm Astor Market Charles M. Schwab House Lincoln Arcade Somerindyck House

Culture

Shops, restaurants

Museums

Theaters/performing arts

Arclight Theatre
Beacon Theatre
Stand Up NY
Symphony Space
Triad Theatre

Lincoln Center	Alice Tully Hall David Geffen Hall David H. Koch Theater Rose Hall Metropolitan Opera House Vivian Beaumont Theater Walter Reade Theater

Former

Green spaces and recreation
Central Park Damrosch Park Riverside Park Sherman Square Septuagesimo Uno Verdi Square West Side Community Garden

Education

Primary and secondary	The Anderson School PS 334 Calhoun School Collegiate School Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Dwight School Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Gateway School Innovation Diploma Plus High School Manhattan Day School PS 9 Sarah Anderson School PS 166 The School at Columbia University Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan Stephen Gaynor School Studio Maestro Trinity School
Post-secondary	Bard Graduate Center Fordham University School of Law William E. Macaulay Honors College Yeshivat Hadar
Music schools	Bloomingdale School of Music Kaufman Music Center Mannes School of Music

Religion

Churches, chapels

Advent Lutheran Church
All Angels' Church
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
Broadway United Church of Christ
Christ & Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church
Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Riverside Memorial Chapel
Rutgers Presbyterian Church
St. Agnes Chapel
Second Church of Christ, Scientist
St. Gregory the Great Church
St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Manhattan
West End Collegiate Church
West-Park Presbyterian Church

Synagogues

Ansche Chesed
B'nai Jeshurun
Congregation Habonim
Congregation Ohab Zedek
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Congregation Shaare Zedek
Congregation Shearith Israel
Jewish Center
Lincoln Square Synagogue
Ramath Orah
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Transportation

Subway stations	59th Street–Columbus Circle 66th Street–Lincoln Center 72nd Street/Central Park West 72nd Street/Broadway 79th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 86th Street/Central Park West 86th Street/Broadway 96th Street/Central Park West 96th Street/Broadway 103rd Street/Central Park West 103rd Street/Broadway Cathedral Parkway–110th Street/Central Park West Cathedral Parkway–110th Street/Broadway
Streets	66th Street 72nd Street 74th Street 79th Street 85th Street 89th Street 95th Street 96th Street Amsterdam Avenue Broadway Central Park West Columbus Avenue Columbus Circle Frederick Douglass Circle Riverside Drive West End Avenue
Other	New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge 79th Street Boat Basin