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Cleburne Building
Eastern end, on Broadway

Alternative names	924 West End Avenue
General information
Type	Cooperative
Architectural style	Arts and Crafts Movement
Address	West End Avenue and 105th Street
Town or city	New York, NY
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°48′04″N 73°58′08″W / 40.8011°N 73.9688°W / 40.8011; -73.9688
Construction started	1912
Completed	1913
Owner	Harry Schiff
Technical details
Structural system	Skyscraper
Floor count	13
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Schwartz & Gross

The Cleburne Building (also known as 924 West End Avenue) is an apartment building located at the northeast corner of West End Avenue and West 105th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City.

The Cleburne was completed in 1913 by real estate developer Harry Schiff on the site of the mansion of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus who perished on the RMS Titanic.^[1] There is a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Straus in nearby Straus Park.^[2]

The building, which is designed in the Arts and Crafts Movement style, has a handsome porte-cochère.^[3]

Notable residents

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References

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^ White, Norval, and Elliot Willensky. AIA Guide to New York City. New York: Crown, 2000. Print.
^ Gray, Christopher (August 23, 1998). "Straus Park, 106th Street and West End Avenue; A Restored Memorial to 2 Who Died on the Titanic". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
^ Gray, Christopher (November 21, 2008). "Homage to the Humdrum". New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
^ Ohrstrom, Lysandra (March 7, 2008). "West End Home of A Wrinkle in Time Author Sells for $4 M." New York Observer. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
^ Lian, Nancy (December 8, 2002). "Celebrity Sightings" (PDF). West 104th Street Block Association Newsletter. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
^ Dailey, Jessica (October 25, 2012). "Borowitz Picks Up a Classic 7 for $2.635M". Curbed. Retrieved June 17, 2017.

Upper West Side (including Lincoln Square, Manhattan Valley, Riverside South)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

59th–72nd Sts	1 Lincoln Plaza 1 Riverside Park 5 West 63rd Street 15 Central Park West 27 West 67th Street 50 West 66th Street 55 Central Park West 101 Central Park West 200 Amsterdam Bradford Hotel The Brentmore The Century Deutsche Bank Center The Dorilton Empire Hotel First Battery Armory Harperly Hall IRT Powerhouse Hotel des Artistes Lincoln Towers The Majestic Millennium Tower Park Loggia The Prasada Pythian Temple The Sofia Trump International Hotel and Tower Waterline Square
72nd–86th Sts	257 Central Park West 520 West End Avenue The Ansonia The Apthorp Apple Bank Building The Astor Hotel Beacon Hotel Belleclaire The Beresford Bretton Hall The Dakota Endicott Hotel The Greystone The Kenilworth The Langham The Level Club Olcott Hotel Public School 9 Red House Rossleigh Court The San Remo
86th–110th Sts	161 West 93rd Street 353 Central Park West 360 Central Park West 370 Riverside Drive 601 West End Avenue The Ariel Association Residence Nursing Home Astor Court Building The Belnord Claremont Riding Academy Cleburne Building Columbus Square The Cornwall The El Dorado Frederick Douglass Houses Hotel Marseilles Hotel Paris Isaac L. Rice Mansion The Manhasset Master Apartments New York Cancer Hospital The Normandy Pomander Walk Schinasi Mansion The Turin
Former	Apthorp Farm Astor Market Charles M. Schwab House Lincoln Arcade Somerindyck House

Culture

Shops, restaurants

Museums

Theaters/performing arts

Lincoln Center	Alice Tully Hall David Geffen Hall David H. Koch Theater Rose Hall Metropolitan Opera House Vivian Beaumont Theater Walter Reade Theater

Former

Green spaces and recreation
Central Park Damrosch Park Riverside Park Sherman Square Septuagesimo Uno Verdi Square West Side Community Garden

Education

Primary and secondary	The Anderson School PS 334 Calhoun School Collegiate School Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Dwight School Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Gateway School Innovation Diploma Plus High School Manhattan Day School PS 9 Sarah Anderson School PS 166 The School at Columbia University Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan Stephen Gaynor School Studio Maestro Trinity School
Post-secondary	Bard Graduate Center Fordham University School of Law William E. Macaulay Honors College Yeshivat Hadar
Music schools	Bloomingdale School of Music Kaufman Music Center Mannes School of Music

Religion

Churches, chapels

Synagogues

Transportation

Subway stations	59th Street–Columbus Circle 66th Street–Lincoln Center 72nd Street/Central Park West 72nd Street/Broadway 79th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 86th Street/Central Park West 86th Street/Broadway 96th Street/Central Park West 96th Street/Broadway 103rd Street/Central Park West 103rd Street/Broadway Cathedral Parkway–110th Street/Central Park West Cathedral Parkway–110th Street/Broadway
Streets	66th Street 72nd Street 74th Street 79th Street 85th Street 89th Street 95th Street 96th Street Amsterdam Avenue Broadway Central Park West Columbus Avenue Columbus Circle Frederick Douglass Circle Riverside Drive West End Avenue
Other	New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge 79th Street Boat Basin

Related topics
Central Park West Historic District Manhattantown San Juan Hill

See also: Manhattan Community Board 7