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

TheGeorge J. Gould House was amansion at 857Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of67th Street on theUpper East Side ofManhattan,New York City.

The home was designed in the FrenchBeaux-Arts style by architectHorace Trumbauer of Philadelphia and constructed in 1906^[1] for financierGeorge Jay Gould, the eldest son of railroad magnateJay Gould. It replaced theNeo-Gothic styleJay Gould House, which was demolished. The new house was designed both to complement and outshine theIsaac Stern House next door, at 858 Fifth Avenue.

In 1923, the house was bought byHarry 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 childGladys, Countess Széchenyi.

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

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.

• Media related toGeorge J. Gould House at Wikimedia Commons

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