The George J. Gould House was a

mansion A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...

at 857

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on the northeast corner of 67th Street in the

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neighborhood of

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History

The home was designed in the French Beaux-Arts style by architect

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of Philadelphia and constructed in 1906 for financier

George Jay Gould George Jay Gould I (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1923) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and the Manhatta ...

, the eldest son of railroad magnate

Jay Gould Jason Gould (; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made hi ...

. It replaced the

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style

Jay Gould House The Jay Gould House was a mansion located at 857 Fifth Avenue at East 67th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. History The home was constructed in the French Neo-Gothic style for financier Jay Gould, who later gave it ...

, which was demolished. The new house was designed both to complement and outshine the

Isaac Stern House The Isaac Stern House was a mansion at 858 Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. History The home was designed by the firm of Schickel & Ditmars, and it was constructed for the entrepreneur Isaac Ste ...

next door, at 858 Fifth Avenue. In 1923, the house was bought by

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, and in late 1925, it became the residence of his mother-in-law,

Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years. Early life and relatives Alice Claypoole Gwynne was born on Novem ...

. 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.

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* Fifth Avenue Gould family residences Vanderbilt family residences Upper East Side 1906 establishments in New York City Houses completed in 1906 Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan Gilded Age mansions {{Manhattan-struct-stub