La Valenciennes

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1905 La Valenciennes 404 West 116th Street
– Morningside Drive from 115-116th Street
– between Morningside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue (Metropolis page 245)

In 1905-6 Charles and Joseph Paterno jointly constructed two corner and two inside apartment houses, covering the entire block front on Morningside Drive, from 115th to 116th street, namely: La Valaciennes, La Touraine, Mount Cenis, and Park Court, these structures being disposed of within six months of their completion. (Metropolis page 61)

1905
1386
$190,000.00
115th st, n s, 85 w Morningside av; 116th st, s s, 90 w Morningside av two 6-sty brk and stone tenements, 60˙87.11
OWNER / OWNER ADDRESS
(o) Paterno Bros / (o) 557 W 183d [183rd] st COMMENTS
ARCHITECT / ARCHITECT ADDRESS
(a) Schwartz & Gross / (a) 35 W 21st st (source)

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(source) Morningside Drive and 114th, 115th, and 116th Streets
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La Valenciennes with Mount Cenis on the left. Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2021
La Valenciennes with Mount Cenis on the left. Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2021
Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2021
Photo by mjwoo44 for Carla Golden 2021
New-York tribune. [volume], March 05, 1907, Page 3, Image 3
The sun. [volume], January 12, 1907, Page 13, Image 13

Living It Up (published 1984) page 342: VALENCIENNES, LA, 404 West 116th Street: Matches its neighbor La Touraine on Morningside Drive. Valenciennes is a small city in northern France captured by the German army in WWI and almost totally destroyed.

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