The Edith Fabbri House is an Italian
Renaissance revival
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of ...
-style townhouse that is located at 7 East
95th Street on
New York City
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's
Upper East Side
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.
History
Designed by architect
Grosvenor Atterbury and completed in 1916 for
Edith Shepard (a daughter of
Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt and
Elliott Fitch Shepard
Elliott Fitch Shepard (July 25, 1833 – March 24, 1893) was an American lawyer, banker, and owner of the '' Mail and Express'' newspaper, as well as a founder and president of the New York State Bar Association. Shepard was married to Mar ...
) and her husband
Ernesto Giuseppi Fabbri Jr., the house was constructed around Shepard and Fabbri's architectural piece collection.
The highlight of the house is its library, which showcases historic panels from the
Palazzo Ducale di Urbino in Italy. The library also includes an
Aeolian Opus 1398 organ from 1916.
NYC chapter of the American Guild of Organists
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The home was deeded to the Episcopal Church in 1949, and it now serves as a retreat house under the name of "The House of the Redeemer". The mansion became a New York City Designated Landmark on July 23, 1974.
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External links
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NYC-architecture.com summary
Episcopal church buildings in New York City
Upper East Side
Houses in Manhattan
Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States
Houses completed in 1916
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
1916 establishments in New York City
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