Street Scenes, 1901, 5th Ave. 60st to 60th Sts (Gerry House).
The residence of Eldridge T. Gerry, located on the corner of 5th Avenue and 61st Street. The Metropolitan Club is seen behind it. Horse-drawn carriages can be seen on 5th Avenue.
Elbridge T. Gerry Residence, 1901.
Designed by renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt, the Elbridge Thomas Gerry residence (1891-1894) on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 61st Street was built for Gerry and his family. Gerry, a prominent lawyer and philanthropist, eventually gave up his law practice to devote his time to the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a charity he helped establish in 1874. The house was demolished in 1927, the year of Gerry's death, and replaced by the Pierre Hotel, completed in 1930.
