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Henry T. Sloane House
The Henry T. Sloane House is a mansion at 9 East 72nd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is along 72nd Street's northern sidewalk between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue. The five-story building was designed by Carrère and Hastings in the French Beaux-Arts style, and was built from 1894 to 1896. The house, along with the neighboring structure at 7 East 72nd Street, has been owned since 2002 by the government of Qatar, which has combined the two buildings into a single residence.
The limestone facade is divided vertically into four bays and rises four stories from the street. The facade includes rusticated limestone blocks on the first story, a colonnade of Ionic columns on the second and third stories, and a mansard roof on the fourth story. The house originally spanned 25,363 square feet (2,356.3 m2), with various living spaces on the second floor and bedrooms on the upper stories. After 7 and 9 East 72nd Street were combined, the residence included a swimming pool and a roof terrace.
The building was originally constructed for the family of Henry T. Sloane, son of the founder of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane. Following an acrimonious divorce, Sloane abandoned the house in 1899, and the family of Joseph Pulitzer rented it the next year. In 1901, it was purchased by the banker James Stillman, who lived there until his death in 1918. The house was then occupied by the carpet manufacturer John Sanford and then by the Riker family. The Lycée Français de New York, which already occupied the neighboring mansion at 7 East 72nd Street, moved into the house in 1964. The house became a New York City designated landmark in 1977. The school vacated 7 and 9 East 72nd Street in 2002, when they were sold to Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar. After the Qatari government finished renovating and combining the buildings in 2010, the two structures comprised New York City's largest single-family residence.
The Henry T. Sloane House is at 9 East 72nd Street, along the northern side of 72nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The house originally had a frontage of 59 feet (18 m) on 72nd Street and a north–south depth of 102 feet (31 m). Since 2010, the house has been connected with the former Oliver Gould Jennings House at 7 East 72nd Street, immediately to the west, forming a single residence. The two houses collectively occupy a single rectangular land lot of 8,923 square feet (829.0 m2), with a frontage of 87.33 feet (26.62 m) and a north–south depth of 102.17 feet (31.14 m). Notable buildings nearby include the Pulitzer Mansion on the block to the north; 907 Fifth Avenue and 9 East 71st Street on the block to the south; and the Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House and St. James' Episcopal Church on Madison Avenue to the east. In addition, Central Park is one half block to the west.
The building was designed by Carrère and Hastings and is variously described as being in the French Beaux-Arts style or a "modern French" style. It was the third major building they designed in New York City (after the Edison Building and New York Evening Mail building). It is five stories high, although only four stories are visible from the street. The only visible elevation of the facade is on 72nd Street and is divided vertically into four bays. The facade is further divided horizontally into three sections, reminiscent of the base, shaft, and capital of a column.
The first story constitutes the base of the facade and is composed of rusticated limestone blocks, which are plain in design. The westernmost bay includes a round-arched entryway, which in turn is topped by a cartouche flanked by scrolled brackets. The doorway was originally shielded by a marquee. The rest of the first-story facade has segmentally-arched windows.
The facade of the second and third floors is interspersed with double-height engaged columns in the Ionic order. The facade is recessed behind the Ionic columns, giving the facade an appearance of increased depth. The second floor is designed like a piano nobile, the main floor of a palazzo. There is a balustrade with recessed, arched French windows behind it. The French windows are topped by circular oeil-de-boeuf transom windows, as well as grids of mullions that separate the windows into multiple glass panels. At the top of each French window is an elaborate keystone at the center of each bay, as well as scrolled brackets on either side. The third story is smaller and contains segmentally-arched windows. There are also cartouches above the third-floor windows, which are decorated with garlands and scrolls. The Ionic columns support a heavy cornice with dentils or modillions, which runs horizontally across the facade above the third floor.
The fourth floor is within a mansard roof and is recessed behind a balustrade. On this story, there are four mansard windows, each corresponding to a bay on the first through third floors. The dormers protrude from the roof and are topped by flat-arched pediments. The use of flat-arched pediments on the fourth floor was intended to link it with the arched windows on the lower stories.
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Henry T. Sloane House
The Henry T. Sloane House is a mansion at 9 East 72nd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is along 72nd Street's northern sidewalk between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue. The five-story building was designed by Carrère and Hastings in the French Beaux-Arts style, and was built from 1894 to 1896. The house, along with the neighboring structure at 7 East 72nd Street, has been owned since 2002 by the government of Qatar, which has combined the two buildings into a single residence.
The limestone facade is divided vertically into four bays and rises four stories from the street. The facade includes rusticated limestone blocks on the first story, a colonnade of Ionic columns on the second and third stories, and a mansard roof on the fourth story. The house originally spanned 25,363 square feet (2,356.3 m2), with various living spaces on the second floor and bedrooms on the upper stories. After 7 and 9 East 72nd Street were combined, the residence included a swimming pool and a roof terrace.
The building was originally constructed for the family of Henry T. Sloane, son of the founder of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane. Following an acrimonious divorce, Sloane abandoned the house in 1899, and the family of Joseph Pulitzer rented it the next year. In 1901, it was purchased by the banker James Stillman, who lived there until his death in 1918. The house was then occupied by the carpet manufacturer John Sanford and then by the Riker family. The Lycée Français de New York, which already occupied the neighboring mansion at 7 East 72nd Street, moved into the house in 1964. The house became a New York City designated landmark in 1977. The school vacated 7 and 9 East 72nd Street in 2002, when they were sold to Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar. After the Qatari government finished renovating and combining the buildings in 2010, the two structures comprised New York City's largest single-family residence.
The Henry T. Sloane House is at 9 East 72nd Street, along the northern side of 72nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The house originally had a frontage of 59 feet (18 m) on 72nd Street and a north–south depth of 102 feet (31 m). Since 2010, the house has been connected with the former Oliver Gould Jennings House at 7 East 72nd Street, immediately to the west, forming a single residence. The two houses collectively occupy a single rectangular land lot of 8,923 square feet (829.0 m2), with a frontage of 87.33 feet (26.62 m) and a north–south depth of 102.17 feet (31.14 m). Notable buildings nearby include the Pulitzer Mansion on the block to the north; 907 Fifth Avenue and 9 East 71st Street on the block to the south; and the Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House and St. James' Episcopal Church on Madison Avenue to the east. In addition, Central Park is one half block to the west.
The building was designed by Carrère and Hastings and is variously described as being in the French Beaux-Arts style or a "modern French" style. It was the third major building they designed in New York City (after the Edison Building and New York Evening Mail building). It is five stories high, although only four stories are visible from the street. The only visible elevation of the facade is on 72nd Street and is divided vertically into four bays. The facade is further divided horizontally into three sections, reminiscent of the base, shaft, and capital of a column.
The first story constitutes the base of the facade and is composed of rusticated limestone blocks, which are plain in design. The westernmost bay includes a round-arched entryway, which in turn is topped by a cartouche flanked by scrolled brackets. The doorway was originally shielded by a marquee. The rest of the first-story facade has segmentally-arched windows.
The facade of the second and third floors is interspersed with double-height engaged columns in the Ionic order. The facade is recessed behind the Ionic columns, giving the facade an appearance of increased depth. The second floor is designed like a piano nobile, the main floor of a palazzo. There is a balustrade with recessed, arched French windows behind it. The French windows are topped by circular oeil-de-boeuf transom windows, as well as grids of mullions that separate the windows into multiple glass panels. At the top of each French window is an elaborate keystone at the center of each bay, as well as scrolled brackets on either side. The third story is smaller and contains segmentally-arched windows. There are also cartouches above the third-floor windows, which are decorated with garlands and scrolls. The Ionic columns support a heavy cornice with dentils or modillions, which runs horizontally across the facade above the third floor.
The fourth floor is within a mansard roof and is recessed behind a balustrade. On this story, there are four mansard windows, each corresponding to a bay on the first through third floors. The dormers protrude from the roof and are topped by flat-arched pediments. The use of flat-arched pediments on the fourth floor was intended to link it with the arched windows on the lower stories.