1 W 123rd St, New York, NY, 10027

About This Home

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.