April 17, 2019
Currently home to Marymount School of New York, this grand–even by Upper East Side standards–12,300-square-foot property at 2 East 82nd Street, asking $32 million, could give new meaning to the term "private school." Originally built as a residence around 1898 by architect Alexander McMillan Welch of Welch, Smith & Provot, the home's first owners were Mr. Albert Gould Jennings, owner of a Brooklyn lathe works, and his wife, who lived here until 1940. Behind its landmarked limestone-and-brick facade, many of the original turn-of-the-century details remain, and an elevator services all floors.
Tour this unusual city mansion-turned-school