Sniffen Court Historic District

	Sniffen Court Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	New York City Landmark
	(2012)
Location	off East 36th Street; between Third and Lexington Avenues; Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°44′49″N 73°58′41″W / 40.74694°N 73.97806°W
Built	1863-1864
Built by	John Sniffen
Architectural style	Early Romanesque revival
NRHP reference No.	73001224
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 28, 1973
Designated NYCL	June 21, 1966

The Sniffen Court Historic District is a small close-ended mews, running perpendicularly southwest from East 36th Street, between Third and Lexington Avenues in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The district, one of the smallest in New York City,^[2] encompasses the entire alley, which consists of 10 two-story brick stables built in 1863–1864 in the early Romanesque Revival style.^[2]^[3] The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Sniffen Court as a city historic district on June 21, 1966,^[4] and the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1973.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Federal Register: 44 Fed. Reg. 7107 (Feb. 6, 1979)" (PDF). Library of Congress. February 6, 1979. p. 7538 (PDF p. 338). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
^ "Sniffen Court Designation Report" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 21, 1966. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2017.