Convent of the Sacred Heart architectural records, 1902-1918.

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Convent of the Sacred Heart architectural records, 1902-1918.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299031284

This collection contains original and reprographic architectural drawings for two properties occupied by the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan. These include the former James A. Burden, Jr., residence at 7 E. 91st St., designed by the New York architectural firm of Warren, Wetmore & Morgan in 1902-1903; and the Otto H. Kahn residence at 1 E. 91st St., designed by New York architect C. P. H. Gilbert in 1916-1918.

154 drawings : (20 rolls)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7279660

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Met...

Otto Kahn House (New York, N.Y.)

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The Otto H. Kahn House is a mansion at 1 East 91st Street in New York City. The four-story mansion was designed by architects J. Armstrong Stenhouse and C. P. H. Gilbert in the neo-Italian Renaissance style. It was completed in 1918 as the town residence of the German-born financier and philanthropist Otto H. Kahn and his family. The Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private school, owns the Kahn House along with the adjacent James A. Burden House, which is internally connected. The mansion is a Ne...

Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York, N.Y.)

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The Convent of the Sacred Heart acquired the Kahn mansion in 1934 and the Burden mansion in 1940 for use as school facilities. From the description of Convent of the Sacred Heart architectural records, 1902-1918. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 299031284 ...

Stenhouse, J. Armstrong.

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Warren & Wetmore

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Regarding the Aeolian Hall, the following information can be found in the 1988 AIA Guide to New York City: "City University Graduate Center, CUNY/originally Aeolian Hall . . . 1912. Warren & Wetmore. Redesigned, 1970, Carl J. Petrilli & Assocs. What was once a concert hall and then a five-and-ten is now a bluestone-floored pedestrian arcade forming an elegant shortcut between 42nd and 43rd Streets. . . . George Gershwin introduced Rhapsody in Blue in Aeolian Hall with Paul Whiteman's Orc...

Gilbert, C. P. H. (Charles Pierrepont H.), 1861-1952

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Burden, James A.

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James A. Burden mansion (New York, N.Y.)

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Hazart, Eugène.

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Warren, Wetmore & Morgan.

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