12 E 80th St New York, NY 10075

Located on a tree-lined museum block off Fifth Avenue, 12 East 80th Street is a magnificent, single-family townhouse with an elevator serving all 8 levels (from the Garden Floor to the roof deck), total smart home technology and a sunny South garden. This superb residence affords approximately 10,000 square feet of extraordinary interior living space and an approximate 1,300 square feet of outdoor space throughout the South garden, 3 terraces and stunning roof deck. Grand windows, high ceilings throughout, and low surrounding townhouses provide this wonderful home with exceptional light and air. This impeccable townhome affords 7 bedrooms, 9.5 bathrooms, 4 fireplaces, 3 laundry facilities and a cutting-edge smart home Savant system which controls the 14-zone HVAC system, video intercom, lighting, audio/visual and shades. A WIFI system, alarm with central station, motion security, smoke and CO2 detectors are installed throughout the building. HISTORY: Built in 1885-1886, 12 East 80th Street is the only remaining townhome of the five brownstones designed by Charles Graham & Sons for the real estate family B.A. and G.N. Williams. In 1917, Thomas Newbold purchased the residence for his daughter, Julia Appleton Newbold Cross, and her husband, William Redmond Cross. William Redmond Cross was an investment banker, president of the New York Zoological Society, and a chairman of the Council of the American Geographical Society; Mrs. Cross was president of the Horticultural Society of New York. Desiring a more fashionable house than the original brownstone residence, the couple commissioned Williams notable architect brothers, John W. Cross and Eliot Cross, to extensively alter the homes appearance. The original brownstone designs were substituted with a red brick facade and enchanting Neo-Federal style features, including Flemish bond brickwork, characteristic arches, and cornices. The firm of Cross & Cross designed many important New York City buildings, including the Tiffany & Co. building at Fifth Avenue & 57th Street, the Barclay Hotel, the City Bank Farmers Trust Building, and the Church and Rectory of Notre Dame. Eliot Cross was also part of the group of builders who began the development of Sutton Place. This is a Co-Exclusive with Brown Harris Stevens.