Many townhouses in New York City ’s Upper East Side have elegant facades, but there is perhaps only one that features a marble staircase set into a curved alcove leading to the front door. Distinction takes priority at this 1930s address on East 78th Street, where a dispute between neighbors ended with an unexpected twist in 2022. Newly refreshed with modern comforts alongside original details, the jaw-dropper of a house is back on the market with a $24.
99 million price tag. Originally built by banker Henry Winthrop in 1931, the Neo-Georgian mansion was designed by the acclaimed Gilded Age architecture firm Delano and Aldrich, whose many commissions across Manhattan include the Knickerbocker Club, considered one of the most exclusive member’s clubs in the United States, along with lavish residences for illustrious families such as the Astors and Rockefellers. Today, the house spans 13,000 square feet over eight elevator-serviced floors.
The townhouse has actually been on and off the market for over a decade, racking up quite a history. Late publishing giant Richard “Dick” Snyder acquired the home in 1996, about two years after he was unceremoniously fired from Simon & Schuster, which he ran with a famously fearsome hand for decades. He unsuccessfully tried to sell in 2012 with an asking price of $26 million and then re-listed it in 2021 with a $9 million price cut.
In 2014, Snyder filed a lawsuit against his next-door neighbors, Bryan and Meredith Verona, claiming the.