| Butterfield House | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Mid-Century Modern |
| Location | 37 West 12th Street, Manhattan, New York City, NY 10011 United States |
| Coordinates | 40°44′08″N 73°59′44″W / 40.7356°N 73.9956°W |
| Completed | 1962 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12 with one penthouse floor |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William J. Conklin and James Rossant while at Mayer, Whittlesey & Glass |
| Main contractor | Daniel L. Gray, Dangray Construction[1] |
Butterfield House is a cooperative apartment building on West 12th Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by the architects and urban planners William J. Conklin and James Rossant then of Mayer, Whittlesey & Glass. It is situated between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue within the Greenwich Village Historic District. The building was described in The New York Times as "a modernist landmark" that "received numerous accolades when it was built in 1962".[2]
Mimi Sheraton referred to it as "one of the Village’s most coveted residences."[3] Architectural critic Paul Goldberger included Butterfield House on his list of the “10 Top Postwar Apartment Buildings” in New York City.[4]
The building shares the block of West 12th Street with historic townhouses and when the street received its landmark designation in 1969 it was described as "one of the most distinguished examples of street architecture of the mid-Nineteenth Century."[5]
- ^ "House at 37 W. 12th St. Becomes a Cooperative" (PDF). The New York Times. July 23, 1963. p. 45. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ Barbour, Celia (October 22, 2006). "At a Modernist Landmark, the New Guard Moves In". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ Sheraton, Mimi (October 20, 2006). "My Manhattan: West 12th Street, by the Numbers". The New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ Goldberger, Paul (September 20, 1979). "Top Postwar Apartment Buildings". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ New York City Landmark Preservation Commission Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, Volume 1 (PDF). 1969.