William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York

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Gilded Age mansion demolished building mansion

The William K. Vanderbilt House, or "Petit Château," was an opulent French Renaissance–style mansion on New York’s Fifth Avenue, famed as a Gilded Age showpiece of wealth and architectural grandeur.

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Label Occurrences
Vanderbilt family residences on Fifth Avenue 1
William K. Vanderbilt House 1
William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gilded Age mansion ⓘ
demolished building ⓘ
mansion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Petit Château ⓘ
William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York ⓘ
surface form: William Kissam Vanderbilt House
architect Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
architecturalStyle Châteauesque ⓘ
French Renaissance Revival ⓘ
associatedWith New York high society ⓘ
Vanderbilt family ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
client Alva Erskine Vanderbilt ⓘ
William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ
completionDate 1882 ⓘ
constructionStart 1878 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance symbol of New York Gilded Age opulence ⓘ
demolitionDate 1926 ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
famousFor display of extreme wealth and social status ⓘ
influential French Renaissance–style design on Fifth Avenue ⓘ
floorCount 4 ⓘ
hasFeature art gallery ⓘ
ballroom ⓘ
carved stone ornamentation ⓘ
corner turret ⓘ
formal drawing rooms ⓘ
ornate dormer windows ⓘ
hostedEvent 1883 fancy-dress ball organized by Alva Vanderbilt ⓘ
inspiredBy French châteaux of the Loire Valley ⓘ
interiorDesigner Jules Allard et Fils ⓘ
locatedOn Fifth Avenue ⓘ
locationDescription northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
neighborhood Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
notableFeature art-filled reception rooms ⓘ
elaborate stone façade ⓘ
grand staircase ⓘ
lavish French-style interiors ⓘ
openingDate 1882 ⓘ
partOf William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vanderbilt family residences on Fifth Avenue
replacedBy commercial office building ⓘ
roofType steeply pitched slate roof ⓘ
streetAddress 660 Fifth Avenue (historic numbering) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Richard Morris Hunt → notableWork → William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York ⓘ
William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York → alsoKnownAs → William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York ⓘ
subject surface form: William K. Vanderbilt House
this entity surface form: William Kissam Vanderbilt House
William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York → partOf → William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: William K. Vanderbilt House
this entity surface form: Vanderbilt family residences on Fifth Avenue
Vanderbilt costume ball of 1883 → venue → William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: William K. Vanderbilt House
Vanderbilt costume ball of 1883 → architecturalContext → William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: William K. Vanderbilt House designed by Richard Morris Hunt