Petit Château
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Petit Château is the lavish French Renaissance–style mansion built for William K. Vanderbilt on New York City’s Fifth Avenue during the Gilded Age.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Petit Chateau | 1 |
| Petit Château canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gilded Age mansion
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historic house ⓘ mansion ⓘ |
| architect | Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Châteauesque
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French Renaissance Revival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York City high society
ⓘ
Vanderbilt family social prominence ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| builtFor |
William Kissam Vanderbilt
ⓘ
surface form:
William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt
|
| category |
Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
ⓘ
Gilded Age mansions ⓘ Houses completed in the 1880s ⓘ |
| city |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York
|
| client | William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt
ⓘ
surface form:
Alva Vanderbilt
|
| completionDate | 1882 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1878 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demolished | true ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| era | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| family | Vanderbilt family ⓘ |
| function | private residence ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
elaborate mansard roof
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formal reception rooms ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ lavish ballroom ⓘ ornate stone carving ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Loire Valley châteaux
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surface form:
French Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley
|
| inspired | later Vanderbilt mansions on Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
| interiorDesigner |
Auguste-Louis Faguet
ⓘ
Louis Comfort Tiffany ⓘ
surface form:
John La Farge
|
| locatedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown Manhattan ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Vanderbilt costume ball of 1883 ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 4 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1883 ⓘ |
| owner | William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ |
| significance |
early example of French château style on Fifth Avenue
ⓘ
symbol of Gilded Age wealth ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 660 Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William K. Vanderbilt House
this entity surface form:
Petit Chateau