Residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
- Title:
- Residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Post, George Browne (American architect, 1837-1913)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1883-ca. 1895 (photograph)
1879-1883 (building)
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10016006
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00109
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10016006.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- mansions
cityscapes (representations)
cityscapes (representations)
streetscapes
turrets (towers)
Gables (Architectural elements)
mansard roofs
railings (balustrades)
Arched portals
Cobblestone pavements
Cornelius Vanderbilt Mansion, Manhattan, New York
dormers
photographs - Measurement:
- 15.5575 x 19.685 (centimeters)
- Description:
- Cornelius Vanderbilt II commissioned architect George B. Post to build a massive, French Château-style mansion on Fifth Avenue, between 57th and 58th Streets, in Manhattan. Post consulted with Richard Morris Hunt, who built other mansions for the Vanderbilt family. The building was e nlarged and redesigned in 1894, and demolished in 1927. It was replaced the following year with the Bergdorf Goodman department store.
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.