The Isaac Stern House was a

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History

The home was designed by the firm of Schickel & Ditmars, and it was constructed for the entrepreneur Isaac Stern (d. 1910). He was one of the founders of the Stern Brothers department store and was the father of

Robert B. Stearns Robert B. Stearns (1888-1954) was a prominent American financier. He co-founded investment bank Bear Stearns in 1923. Early life Stearns was born in 1888 to Virginia (née Michaels) and Issac Stern, founder of Stern's Department Stores. He grad ...

, who became a prominent financier and co-founded

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in 1923. The mansion was later owned by businessman

Thomas Fortune Ryan Thomas Fortune Ryan (October 17, 1851 – November 23, 1928) was an American tobacco, insurance and transportation magnate. Although he lived in New York City for much of his adult career, Ryan was perhaps the greatest benefactor of the Roman Ca ...

. The house was demolished in 1949 to make way for an apartment building.

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