128 East 93rd Street, 1932.

Just after the Civil War, Henry W. Shaw, a manufacturer of artificial limbs who dabbled in real estate, hired architect Edmund Waring to design a simple wood-frame home. The resulting home was rendered in the Italianate stye, with the Second Empire mansard roof with three dormers and the bracketed cornice, added later in the 19th century. Created as a speculative development, it was soon purchased by a series of owners, as the city, once decidedly to the south of this area, crept north and surrounded the once sparse neighborhood. In 1920 the home was purchased by wealthy Yorkville brewer George Ehret and operated as a rental property. The original configuration of the home included steep stoop, creating the entrance at a parlor level. Alas, in 1922, the widening of 93rd Street necessitated the removal of the stoop.

In 1966, just after the passage of the Landmarks Law, the home was considered for landmark status. At the time the owner was opposed the designation and the process never moved forward. This house was later included in the Carnegie Hill Historic District Extension, designated in 1993. (The original Carnegie Hill Historic District was so named in 1974.)