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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gilded Age mansion
historic house
mansion
architect Richard Morris Hunt
architecturalStyle Châteauesque
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
formal reception rooms
grand staircase
lavish ballroom
ornate stone carving
influencedBy Loire Valley châteaux
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 NERFINISHED
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

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subject surface form: William K. Vanderbilt House