GARNER MANSION DAY at the LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION

Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 1 Center Street, Manhattan, 9:30AM
The public hearing of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
will consider the WILLIAM T. and MARY MARCELLITE GARNER MANSION.

WILLIAM T. GARNER  MANSION
Now a part of Richmond University Medical 
 Center, 355 Bard Avenue, Randall Manor. 
 The house is one of the few free-standing pre-civil war mansions still surviving in New York City. It was built in 1859-60 by Charles Corey Taber, a prominent cotton broker and real estate developer.In 1870 it was purchased by William T. Garner, the owner of Harmony Mills.  A vice-commodore of the NY Yacht Club, Garner owned the largest yacht in the world. It became St. Austin's School for Boys in the 1880's and later St. Austin's Military Academy.  In 1903 it was aquired by the Sisters of Charity.  It was heard but not designated in 1966. In 2003 PLSI again requested landmarking, but it was not heard.

The Garner Mansion is the first item on the LPC public hearing of September 21 starting at 9:30AM.  The Landmarks Commission requests that persons wanting to participate in the hearing should contact them no later than five (5) business days prior to the hearing (September 14th).Write to Landmarks Preservation Commission, Municipal Building,1 Center Street, New York, NY 1007 -- or call them at 212-699-7700. 

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