NYC landmarks: The Chatsworth, The Apthorp and more buildings you can live in

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Built in 1886 by architect Norris G. Starkweather, the Potter Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1996. The building gets its name from Orlando B. Potter, a real estate investor and politician who commissioned its construction in the 1880s, according to StreetEasy.

Converted into co-op apartments in 1980, the Potter Building now boasts 41 units on 11 floors.

Real estate broker and longtime TriBeCa resident Dorothy Zeidman said the Queen Anne-style building is unique to the area with its “extravaganza of robust terra-cotta details” and a roof deck that is “enhanced with what look like elaborate sand drip castle pinnacles.”

In its designation report, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission said the Potter Building was given landmark status due to its unique architectural design. The Potter Building currently had two units for sale as of press time, a three-bed for $1.9 million and a two-bed for $2.3 million, according to StreetEasy.

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Imagine that you’re eating your leftover chicken dinner in the same place where Wild Turkey bourbon was stored, or where New Yorkers went to get their first telephones in the early 20th century.

If you live in one of New York City’s landmarked buildings — of which there are more than 1,000, according to the real estate listings site StreetEasy — your domestic routine takes place in the setting of a piece of New York history.

From the original New York Telephone Company Building to the former Wild Turkey warehouse and a bank that opened in 1913, here are some of the city’s most beautiful and unique landmarked buildings that you can live in: