The Orwell House (257 Central Park West)

257 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

AT A GLANCE

Type

Co-op

About the building

Why The Orwell House matters

The Orwell House at 257 Central Park West has one of the most distinctive histories of any CPW building. Completed in 1906 by Milliken & Moeller as the "Central Park View" — a luxury apartment house — the building was reconfigured in 1918–1920 into the…

Recent Sales

What to know if you're buying

Smaller-format units are the building's signature. Reflecting the hotel-residential heritage, one- and two-bedroom configurations dominate. For buyers who want CPW architecture without needing a full pre-war family apartment, the Orwell House is one of the more accessible CPW options.

Pricing per square foot is competitive within mid-CPW pre-war inventory. The…

What to know if you're selling

Smaller-unit pricing strategy benefits from apartment-specific marketing. With 69 units in mixed configurations, comparable-sales analysis is moderately useful; broker familiarity with the building's unit mix is advantageous.

Buyer pool spans first-time CPW buyers, single owners, couples, and pied-à-terre seekers. The smaller-format unit mix attracts a broader entry-point buyer profile than…

The Roebling Team at

The Orwell House (257 Central Park West)

The Roebling Team at Compass specializes in Central Park West, the Upper West Side, and the broader Park-facing Manhattan market. We publish this building profile because CPW buyers and sellers deserve building-specific intelligence — architecture, board culture, transactional mechanics, and the realities of pricing at the apartment level — not…