Ogden Mills House
| Ogden Mills House | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Construction started | 1885 |
| Completed | 1887 |
| Demolished | late 1930s |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Richard Morris Hunt |
| Main contractor | David H. King, Jr. |
The Ogden Mills House was a former mansion located on 2 East 69th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
History
The Ogden Mills House was designed by famed architect
East 69th Street and Park Avenue in the Upper East Side for Ogden Mills between 1885 and 1887.[1][2] It was located across the street from both the E. H. Harriman town house and 1 East 70th Street, a mansion constructed in 1912–1914 by Thomas Hastings of Carrère and Hastings, which today houses the Frick Collection of Carnegie Steel Company chairman Henry Clay Frick.[3]
Unlike Hunt's 1886 project, built in the
After Mills' death in 1929, the home was left to his son,
U.S. Representative Ogden Livingston Mills, who died at the residence on October 11, 1937.[6] The house was torn down in the late 1930s and an apartment building was erected in its place.[1]
See also
- Staatsburgh State Historic Site (also owned by Mills)
References
- ^ a b "The Ogden Mills Residence". www.beyondthegildedage.com. November 7, 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- OL 1130718M.
- ^ Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide. C.W. Sweet & Company. 1921. p. 683. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association. 1893. pp. 93–94. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.
- ISBN 9780313280122. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
Further reading
- Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.