George J. Gould House

George J. Gould House
The George J. Gould House (on the corner), with the Isaac Stern House to its left
General information
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
Completed	1906
Demolished	c. 1963
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Horace Trumbauer

The George J. Gould House was a mansion at 857 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of 67th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

History

The home was designed in the French Beaux-Arts style by architect Horace Trumbauer of Philadelphia and constructed in 1906^[1] for financier George Jay Gould, the eldest son of railroad magnate Jay Gould. It replaced the Neo-Gothic style Jay Gould House, which was demolished. The new house was designed both to complement and outshine the Isaac Stern House next door, at 858 Fifth Avenue.

In 1923, the house was bought by Harry Payne Whitney, and in late 1925, it became the residence of his mother-in-law, Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt. After her death in 1934, it was inherited by her youngest child Gladys, Countess Széchenyi.

The site is now occupied by a white brick building completed in 1963, which contains 17 apartments.^[2]

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.
• King, Greg (2008). The Court of Mrs. Astor In Gilded Age New York. Wiley.

External links

• Media related to George J. Gould House at Wikimedia Commons

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