William K. Vanderbilt House
William K. Vanderbilt House | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Châteauesque (Renaissance Revival architecture) |
Location | Manhattan |
Coordinates | 40°45′36″N 73°58′35″W / 40.76003°N 73.97647°W |
Construction started | 1878 |
Completed | 1882 |
Demolished | 1927 |
The William K. Vanderbilt House, also known as the Petit Chateau, was a
History
The mansion was built for
It was sold to real-estate developer
Design
Although William Vanderbilt was involved in some of the design of the house, it was primarily a result of the collaboration of Alva Vanderbilt and the architect. Hunt used a blending of late French Gothic style and Beaux-Arts refinement for the design of the three-and-a-half-story mansion.
Facade
The elaborate asymmetrical facade was faced in gray Indiana limestone, with an irregular roof of blue-gray slate trimmed with copper. The masonry firm of Ellin and Kitson executed the extensive exterior and interior stone carving, reportedly employing more than 40 artisans. Contemporary architectural critics generally gave good reviews of the design, with most noting that this was not, as had previously been the case with Carpenter Gothic architecture, the pasting of Gothic detail onto an essentially American frame building.[4]
Interior
The interior was entered from Fifth Avenue via an entrance vestibule. The vestibule opened onto a 60-foot (18 m) long grand hall, which could be used to access all of the primary first floor rooms. The grand hall was faced in Caen stone, as was much of the interior. It was worked and carved with decorative relief. Forming a "T" off of the right-hand center of the grand hall was the stone grand staircase, with a huge elaborately carved fireplace on the opposite facing wall.[4]
The first of the principal rooms upon entering the grand hall from the east was the 18-by-14-foot (5.5 m × 4.3 m) library, with 16th century French Renaissance
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.
- ^ a b c "5th Avenue". New York Songlines. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ^ a b "Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Residence". The New York City Organ Project. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-393067-54-5.
- ^ Miller, Donald L. Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America
- ^ "Start Winter 5th. Ave Building In Two Weeks". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 13, 1927.
- ^ "New Hickson Building to be Opened Dec. 31: Five-Story Structure in Italian Rennaisance Style Being Erected on Fifth Avenue.", New York Times, 5 September 1926, Real Estate, p. 1. Retrieved from ProQuest, 2 October 2022.
- ^ Sturgis, Russell (1901). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Volume I. Macmillan. pp. 249–250.
External links
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