Hampshire House (150 Central Park South)
150 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019
BBL 1010110052 · BIN 1023759
- Year built
- 1931
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 155
- Floors
- 37
- Landmark
- No
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Bedroom-by-bedroom medians, the full transfer record, and how units trade against ask.
- 1BR median
- $850K
- Recent range
- $500K – $35.2M
- Listing discount
- 7.4%
- Recorded transfers
- 158
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Hampshire House at 150 Central Park South is among the most architecturally and culturally distinctive Central Park South buildings — a 37-story Georgian-adapted composition that emerged from one of the most consequential construction histories in Manhattan apartment-building stock. The building was conceived in 1929 as "The Medici" by the H. K. Ferguson Company of Cleveland, with construction commencing in January 1931. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subsequent Depression halted the project shortly after construction began; the building's steel-framed shell stood abandoned through much of the 1930s, a visible reminder of the financial collapse, before architects Caughey & Evans completed it in 1937 under the new Hampshire House name. The building opened on October 16, 1937 — among the few new luxury Manhattan apartment buildings to complete during the Depression decade, and one whose architectural language explicitly evoked the country-house Georgian tradition rather than the Art Deco / Moderne vocabulary that dominated other 1937-era construction.
The building's distinguishing exterior feature is its dramatic steeply-pitched copper roof crowned by twin chimneys — a silhouette that has anchored the Central Park South skyline for nearly nine decades and that produces among the most recognizable Manhattan rooflines. The Georgian adaptation, as The New York Times described it, translates the architectural vocabulary of English Hampshire country houses to the modern tall-building form. The combination is unusual: a building that reads as both unmistakably Manhattan (37 stories rising at the southern edge of Central Park) and unmistakably Georgian in detailing.
The interior legacy is equally significant. Dorothy Draper — the most influential American interior designer of the mid-20th century, whose work shaped the visual identity of hotels, restaurants, and luxury residences across her career — was hired by the building's trustees to design the interior public spaces. Her scheme deployed her signature daring contrasts: black, white, and turquoise as the dominant palette; overscale plaster carving; mirrors and glass block; and the now-iconic cast clear glass door moldings. The Draper interiors are part of Hampshire House's cultural and architectural identity, and their preservation across the building's 90-year history has been a deliberate institutional choice.
The 1949 cooperative conversion was relatively early in the Central Park South rental-to-co-op transition. The building has operated as a cooperative for nearly 80 years across multiple eras of Manhattan luxury market activity, including the Park-facing market's recovery from the 1990s downturn and the subsequent rise of 220 Central Park South immediately adjacent. Hampshire House's positioning at 150 Central Park South — one block from Columbus Circle and two from 220 CPS — places it at the heart of the modern Central Park South corridor.
For buyers, Hampshire House represents a particular tier of Central Park South pre-war inventory: architecturally distinguished, with a meaningful construction-history backstory and an interior design heritage that connects the building to mid-20th-century American design culture, at a 155-unit scale that produces broader buyer dynamics than the smallest tier-one peers.
Architecture and unit composition
The 155 apartments span the 37 floors, with configurations from approximately 1,200 sf 1BRs to substantial 4,000+ sf 4BRs, full-floor combinations on the upper-tier floors, and the occasional duplex. The upper floors carry meaningful view-altitude premiums; the building's steep-pitched roof produces unusual upper-floor configurations and ceiling shapes.
Caughey & Evans's Georgian-influenced detailing throughout: traditional crown moldings, formal entry galleries, library-living combinations, period detailing in primary rooms. The building's apartment-by-apartment heterogeneity is meaningful across the building's nearly century-long history, with renovations producing varied configurations and finish conditions.
Park-facing apartments on the northern flank have direct Central Park views; the building's positioning at the southern edge of the Park gives upper floors particularly long view envelopes northward. View permanence is meaningful — the corridor is built out, though 220 CPS at 220 Central Park South (immediately east) has changed the relative view experience for east-facing apartments.
Building operations
Hampshire House operates as a full-service pre-war cooperative with full-time doorman, attended elevator, on-site superintendent, and concierge services. Some hotel-style amenity infrastructure has been preserved from the building's original program.
The cooperative converted in 1949 — relatively early in the CPS rental-to-co-op transition — and has operated as a co-op for nearly 80 years. Specific policy details (financing posture, flip tax structure, sublet policy specifics, pied-à-terre allowance) should be confirmed directly with property management during due diligence; the building's policy block is not formally published in the manner of comparable buildings.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Source: NYC LL84 benchmarking and PLUTO · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
See full Local Law 97 analysis — emissions history, scenarios, methodology →Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as Unsafe — conditions requiring corrective action, which under FISP means a protective sidewalk shed and repairs. Review the subsequent filings, the repair status, and the building’s board and financial materials — we pull the repair scope and funding picture for you.
How to read this, and where it comes from
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent).
Penalties shown are amounts DOB assessed against filings on record across 2005–10 to 2020–25. The FISP dataset does not record whether they were paid, contested or remain open, so treat the figure as history rather than a current balance and confirm the building’s standing with the managing agent.
Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library. City record last verified September 2026.
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | 2504 | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,730 sf | $8,000,000 | $2,930/sf | -8.6% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 906 | 1 BR · 1 BA · 991 sf · private outdoor | $900,000 | $908/sf | -3.7% |
| Dec 5, 2025 | 411 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $625,000 | -16.6% | |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 1610 | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 1,800 sf | $3,250,000 | $1,806/sf | off-mkt |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 3001 | 3 BR · 3 BA · 3,000 sf · private outdoor | $9,250,000 | $3,083/sf | -7.5% |
| Oct 20, 2025 | 1208 | 1 BA | $500,000 | -3.8% | |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 1503 | 1 BA · 400 sf | $900,000 | $2,250/sf | off-mkt |
| Aug 15, 2025 | 602 | 1 BR · 1 BA | $1,385,000 | -7.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,919/sf across 2 sales. Median listing discount 7.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Other recent transfers
| Date | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | 1101 | $1,900,000 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 3106 | $775,000 |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 2904 | $9,700,000 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 602 | $636,406 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 809 | $1,800,000 |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 1503 | $1,030,000 |
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01011-0052) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
At the recent median sale of $1.3M (15 transfers since 2024), a buyer putting 25% down would pay about $26,425 to close, or 2.0% of the price.
- Mansion tax: $13,000
- No mortgage recording tax or title insurance on a co-op purchase
- Attorneys, lender, building fees and filings: $13,425
Assumes a resale (the seller pays transfer taxes), a $4,500 attorney fee and a mortgage on the rest.
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What to know if you’re buying
The architectural and design heritage is real and marketable. Hampshire House's Georgian adaptation, the steeply-pitched copper roof, the Dorothy Draper interiors — these are differentiators that the building's residents and the broker community recognize. Buyers attentive to architectural and design history will respond.
Confirm specific policies directly with management. Because the building's policy block is not formally published in the manner of comparable buildings, buyers should obtain current information on the flip tax structure (payor and percentage), financing posture (cash-only requirement or financing cap, if any), and sublet policy specifics during the contract review process.
Board approval follows Central Park South pre-war norms. Strong financial profile, professional accomplishment, and primary-residence intent are central criteria. The 155-unit scale produces somewhat more accessible board dynamics than the 13–60 unit tier-one peers.
220 Central Park South's positioning matters. The 2018 Stern supertall at 220 CPS is the immediate eastern neighbor; its construction substantially changed the view envelope and the broader CPS corridor's positioning. Buyers should view apartments with attention to current view conditions vs. pre-2018 conditions.
Renovation is constrained by historic-character expectations. The board reviews scope and quality with attention to preservation of the Caughey & Evans Georgian detailing and the Draper-era interior elements where they remain in apartments.
View permanence is excellent. Central Park north; the corridor's development envelope is substantially built out; the steeply-pitched roof's upper floors enjoy the most distinctive views.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the architectural and design heritage. Listing copy should reference the building's Georgian-adapted architecture, the iconic copper roof, the Caughey & Evans / Dorothy Draper history — these are differentiators that the typical comparable Central Park South building cannot match.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. The building's 155-unit scale produces meaningful variation; view, floor altitude, exposure, configuration, renovation status, and proximity to the building's upper-floor signature spaces all matter.
Marketing typically combines public listing and direct broker outreach. Public channels are standard for most inventory; private network outreach matters more for higher-priced full-floor and large-configuration apartments.
Closing timelines are co-op standard. 6–10 weeks from contract signing to closing.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering Hampshire House, also evaluate:
- 200 Central Park South — Wechsler & Schimenti 1963 post-war modernist; comparable CPS positioning at the accessibility tier
- 210 Central Park South — neighboring post-war Park-facing co-op
- 220 Central Park South — Stern 2018 supertall condominium; immediate eastern neighbor; materially different price tier
- 240 Central Park South — Mayer & Whittlesey 1940; Art Deco / Moderne; comparable CPS pre-war era
- Essex House (160 CPS) — Park-facing hotel/condo
- The Plaza Residences (1 CPS) — mixed-use trophy
- The Pierre (795 Fifth at 61st) — mixed-use trophy hotel-residence
More Central Park South buildings
- 140 West 58th Street — 1930 co-op
- Metropolitan Tower (146 West 57th Street) — 1984 condominium by SLCE Architects
- CitySpire, 150 West 56th Street — 1987 condominium
- 152 West 58th Street — 1916 co-op by Robert T. Lyons
- Essex House (160 Central Park South) — 1931 condominium by Frank Grad
- 162 West 56th Street (Carnegie Plaza) — 1925 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Central Park South — read The Roebling Team Guide to Central Park South.
The full playbook — what goes in the package, how boards read your financials, the interview, and the timeline — plus sample cover, reference, and personal letters you can adapt.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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