5 West 54th Street (also the Dr. Moses Allen Starr Residence) is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.

The four-story building was designed by R. H. Robertson in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and was constructed between 1897 and 1899 as a private residence.

[10][11] The houses at 5–15 West 54th Street, all developed in the late 1890s for wealthy clients, were designed as a cohesive grouping, unlike other residences in the neighborhood.

[12] According to The New York Times, the houses form the sole remaining "real strip of mansions" in Midtown Manhattan.

[3][13] 5 West 54th Street was designed by Robert Henderson Robertson in the Italian Renaissance Revival style.

[3][10][14] Russell Sturgis, writing for Architectural Record in 1900, described the house as having a "too markedly simple front", considering the stone cartouche between the second-floor windows to be "meaningless" even as it served to center the facade.

From the ground level, a low stoop leads to the first-floor entrance, on the left (west) side of the facade.

Three dormer windows project from the roof; each is topped by broken segmental-arched pediments containing urns in their centers.

The house's original exterior is mostly intact except for a metal and glass barrier on the roof and air-conditioning vents on the third floor.

[2] Real-estate listings show that there is a subcellar, concourse, five above-ground stories, and a roof deck, with a total of 14,966 square feet (1,390.4 m2) of usable space.

[18] By the 1990s, when the house served as a Harrison James store,[19] it had a private elevator, spiral staircase, and fourteen fireplaces.

[20] The Harrison James store contained a reception area inside the entrance and a bar and lounge on the second story.

[19] As of 2018[update], it contains The Curated NYC, a boutique operated by fashion designer Christian Siriano,[21] as well as his atelier and offices.

[30] In 1918, Marc Eidlitz & Son was hired to make modifications to the house, although the alteration plans remained private.

[31] Among the events held at the house was a reception for debutantes in 1921, attended by the Starrs' own daughter Katherine,[32] as well as a committee in charge of a performance of Parsifal in 1929.

[30][36] Alice remained in philanthropic activities: for example, she was involved with management of the West Side Day Nursery from 1902 until her death.

[45] The next year, Katz Waisman Blumenkranz Stein & Weber was hired to turn the house into offices for $50,000.

[1] At some point in the late 20th century, the building served as headquarters of a Greek shipping company, and it was known as Petrola House.