| Nathaniel L. McCready House | |
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| Alternative names | Harkness Mansion |
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | French Renaissance |
| Location | 4 East 75th Street,Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′27″N73°57′54″W / 40.77422842964514°N 73.9650485795869°W /40.77422842964514; -73.9650485795869 |
| Construction started | 1895 |
| Completed | January 1896 |
| Owner | Larry Gagosian |
| Dimensions | |
| Diameter | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | limestone |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Trowbridge, Colt & Livingston |
TheNathaniel L. McCready House, also known as theHarkness Mansion, is a mansion at 4 East 75th Street on theUpper East Side ofManhattan inNew York City. Completed in 1896 for Nathaniel L'Hommediue McCready Jr., during the twentieth century it was occupied byThomas J. Watson,Rebekah Harkness, whose name became associated with the building when she used it as the offices of theHarkness Ballet. In 2011, the home was purchased byLarry Gagosian, who demolished the mansion's interior.
The mansion was built for Nathaniel L'Hommediue McCready Jr., a stockbroker, and his wife, Jeanne Borrowe McCready.[1] The McCreadies purchased two plots on 75th Street in 1894, and commissionedTrowbridge, Colt & Livingston to design a 50-foot (15 m)-wideFrench Renaissance-inspired mansion.[1] The building was completed in January 1896 with interior floor space of 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2). The building's limestone facade a second-story iron balcony are characteristic of many houses constructed on the same block in following decades.[2]
The house was sold to V. Everit Macy and Edith Carpenter Macy in 1917, who converted it to a rest house for American combatants inWorld War I.[1] After the war, the house passed to Stanley Mortimer and Elizabeth Livingston Hall. They redecorated the home with Stanley Mortimer's art collection.[1]
In 1940, the house was sold toThomas J. Watson, founder ofIBM.[3] During his residence there, Watson used the house to entertain heads of state from the United Kingdom, Greece, Brazil, and Uruguay.[1] Watson died in 1956 and the home was sold to Eva Fox, widow of Hollywood producerWilliam Fox.
The property became known as the Harkness Mansion when it was sold toRebekah Harkness in 1964.[4]: 445 Harkness' uncle-in-law,Edward S. Harkness, had established amansion across the street about 50 years before.[2] She used the home to host theHarkness Ballet and other cultural pursuits, but disbanded the ballet in 1975.[4]: 445
In 1987, the home was sold toJean Doumanian, a film producer, who began renovating it in 2001.[2] In 2006, the home was sold for $53 million toJ. Christopher Flowers, a private equity broker, who began an interior renovation of the home.[5] After the housing market crash, Flowers sold the property in 2011 for $36 million toLarry Gagosian.[6] Gagosian, an art dealer, began a four-year gut renovation led by architectAnnabelle Selldorf, demolishing the entire structure except for the limestone facade.[7]
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