Eichler Mansion

Demolished
Eichler Mansion
Eichler Mansion

Location: 1285 Fulton Avenue, Block: 2610, Lot: 38.

Status: Never landmarked or heard, demolished in 2011 to make way for 5-floor hospital building.

Description from the Bronx Survey:

Built in 1889 at a cost of $75,000, the structure at the southwest corner of Fulton Avenue and East 169th Street, now a part of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital complex, was designed by the architectural firm of DeLemos & Cordes in 1889 for John Eichler, a German-bom brewery magnate. Eichler emigrated to New York City in 1855 where he worked as a brewmaster for the Ruppert Brewery before acquiring the Kolb Brewery at Third Avenue and East 169th Street in the Bronx. His brewery prospered and once occupied the entire block where only his residence remains. Theodore W. DeLemos and Ernest W. Cordes, both born and educated in Germany, carried on an active architectural practice for more than twenty years, beginning in 1884.

Among their works were some of the largest stores and commercial buildings in New York, including the Banking House of James Soever, the New York National Bank Building and Macy’s, Siegel-Cooper , and other large department stores .The former Eichler residence is a large, basically square, 2½-story brick structure designed in the French Renaissance mode. Triangular gables pierce the slate mansard roof, while a projecting central bay incorporating an enclosed porch articulates the facade.

One of the building’s most distinctive features is the angled corner tower which breaks the symmetry of the structure. The mansion unfortunately has been badly maintained over the years, and its architectural integrity has .been marred by an unsightly modern addition. Nevertheless, with its impressive massing and elaborate details, the Eichler residence remains as a handsome reminder of this neighborhood’s more prosperous past.

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