The Jay Gould House was a

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located at 857

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at East 67th Street, on the

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History

The home was constructed in the French

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style for financier

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 him ...

, who later gave it to his eldest son, George Jay Gould. The younger Gould tore down the mansion in 1906, and he had the

George J. Gould House The George J. Gould House was a mansion at 857 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of 67th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. History The home was designed in the French Beaux-Arts style by architect Ho ...

built in its place."A crisp autumn weekend in New York"
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References

Notes Bibliography * Greg King. ''The Court of Mrs. Astor In Gilded Age New York''. Wiley, 2008.

External links

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