E. 36th St., between Lexington and 3rd Aves., New York, New York. County/parish: New York.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 28, 1973. NRIS 73001224.
10 contributing buildings.
The Sniffen Court Historic District is a small close-ended mews, running perpendicularly southwest from East 36th Street, between Third and Lexington Avenues in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The district, one of the smallest in New York City, encompasses the entire alley, which consists of 10 two-story brick stables built in 1863–1864 in the early Romanesque Revival style. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Sniffen Court as a city historic district on June 21, 1966, and the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1973.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319909