Harperly Hall
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Harperly Hall | |
 Harperly Hall | |
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| Location | Manhattan, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′17″N 73°58′48″W / 40.77139°N 73.98000°W |
| Built | 1910–1911[1][2] |
| Architect | Henry W. Wilkinson |
| Architectural style | Neo-Renaissance, Arts and Crafts |
| Part of | Central Park West Historic District (ID82001189[3]) |
| Added to NRHP | November 9, 1982 |
Harperly Hall (also known as 41 Central Park West) is an apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The building is located at the intersection of 64th Street and Central Park West and was built from 1910 to 1911. One of the city's few buildings designed in the Arts and Crafts style, Harperly Hall was designed by Henry W. Wilkinson. The structure was listed as a contributing property to the federally designated Central Park West Historic District in 1982 when the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Henry Wilhelm Wilkinson, the building's architect, and a group of investors purchased the property at the northwest corner of 64th Street and Central Park West in 1909. The original group included Wilkinson, decorator Mary Bookwalter, artist Dwight Tryon, humorist Wallace Irwin, and concert manager Loudon Charlton. According to filed corporate papers the goal was to build a co-operative "suitable for artists' studios." The building was named after a manor house in County Durham, England, the Wilkinson's ancestral home.[2]
By March 1910 construction on Harperly Hall was nearing completion, the building represented the first housing co-operative in the Central Park West area.[4] The building officially opened in 1911 with 76 apartments.[2]
