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LOCATION
Address: 16 Lower Lakeshore Drive
City: Katonah
State: New York
Zip Code: 10536
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Residential
Status: Built

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1972
Site Area: 128,502 ft² (11,938.2 m²)
Floor Area: 3,197 ft² (297.0 m²)
Height:
Floors (Above Ground): 2
Building Cost:

PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: John McCaffrey (1935-2020) and Caryn McCaffrey (1942-)
Architect: Myron Goldfinger
Associate Architect:
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SUPPLIERS
Contractor:
Subcontractor(s):

McCaffrey Residence

The project scope is to design a residence for John P. McCaffrey (1935-2020) and Carlyn Lorain (Sundberg) McCaffrey (1942-). John McCaffrey is a graduate of New York University Law School who spent his legal career in the airline industry, first with American Airlines, then with Pan American Airlines, and finally with the International Air Transport Association. Carlyn McCaffrey is a professor at New York University Law School.
This is the first of two houses designed for the McCaffreys by Myron Goldfinger. He later designed the McCaffrey Residence for the couple in 1981.
The property is listed for sale for $999,000 USD on March 28, 2012. The price is reduced to $850,000 USD on July 13, 2012 and removed on September 29, 2012.
The property is listed for sale for $850,000 USD on October 01, 2012 and removed on December 11, 2012.
The property is listed for sale for $850,000 USD on April 03, 2013. The price is changed to $799,000 USD on October 04, 2013. The listing is removed on November 13, 2013.
The property is sold for $740,000 USD on January 08, 2014.
The property is sold for $950,000 USD on August 14, 2018.
John P. McCaffrey passes away on August 11, 2020.