Gaylord White Houses

White Houses
NYCHA Property
Gaylord White Houses

Interactive map of White Houses
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Manhattan
Area ^[1]
• Total	0.82 acres (0.33 ha)
Population ^[1]
• Total	225
Zip Code	10029

U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	November 27, 2024^[2]
Reference no.	1100011075^[2]

The Gaylord White Houses is a New York City Housing Authority housing building at the corner of East 104th Street and 2nd Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan.^[3] The main structure has 20 stories and the southern rectangle stub in the same building is 8 stories. It is connected to a reconstructed 3-story Union Center Community Center at 237 East 104th Street from 1964 to the present.^[1]^[4]^[5]

History

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Plans for the public housing project were first announced in July 1957.^[6] The housing complex was designed by architect Albert Mayer;^[5] plans for the new building were filed with the Department of Buildings in October 1960.^[7] The project was named after Gaylord Starin White, a Presbyterian minister and the second headworker (director) of the Union Settlement Association.^[8]^[9] Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Gaylord White Houses, which was the first public housing development in New York for the elderly, where held on January 24, 1962, and attended by Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr.^[10] This building was completed in September 1964.^[1]

21st century

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The Renovations in Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) selections started in fall 2025 to replace for more than $209M in repairs, window replacements, roof and facade changes, modernizing water systems, and community center upgrades that will end 3 years later along with the Metro North Plaza Houses by Wavercrest.^[11]^[12]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 2024.^[2]

References

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1 2 3 4 "NYCHA Development Data Book 2025" (PDF). New York City Housing Authority. p. 51, c. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2026. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
1 2 3 "Weekly List 2024 11 29". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 29, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
↑ "White" (PDF). New York City Housing Authority. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
↑ "History". Union Settlement. Timeline, 1955 - 1965, 1964. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
1 2 Husson, Noverre; Heusinkveld, Helen (1963). Buildings for the Elderly. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation. p. 180–181. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
↑ Grutzner, Charles (July 3, 1957). "Housing Planned for Elderly Only". The New York Times. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
↑ "Housing For Elderly". The New York Times. October 24, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
↑ "Plan Housing For the Aged". New York Daily News. October 24, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "White, Gaylord Houses". New York City Housing Authority. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015.
↑ "Begin Homes For the Aged". New York Daily News. January 25, 1962. Retrieved March 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Permanent Affordability Commitment Together: PACT - Gaylord White and Metro North Plaza". New York York City Housing Authority. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
↑ "Gaylord White Houses PACT Community Plan" (PDF). New York City Housing Authority. September 2025. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2026.

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