Located on one of the most the iconic streets in the world, the Duke House was built during the Gilded Age and remains as one of Fifth Avenue's last true mansions, according to New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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Located on one of the most the iconic streets in the world, the Duke House was built during the Gilded Age and remains as one of Fifth Avenue's last true mansions, according to New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The Andrew Carnegie MansionA few Gilded Age-era mansions—such as the Frick Collection and the Cooper Hewitt design museum—remain intact on the Upper East Side.
991 Fifth Avenue is one of few Gilded Age mansions still intact today. Of the remaining residences is 991 Fifth Avenue, an extraordinary Upper East townhouse that's been meticulously preserved since it was built in 1901, at the tail end of the Gilded Age.
Morris Jumel Mansion — 65 Jumel Ter, New York, NY 10032The oldest home in Manhattan was built roughly 100 years after the Wyckoff home in Brooklyn. British loyalist Roger Morris built this lavish mansion. It was one of the finest houses in the area at that time. George Washington stayed here in 1776.
Alice Vanderbilt sold 1 West 57th street—the grand mansion lauded as the largest house in Manhattan—for $6.1M (about $83.2M in today's dollars) in 1925, citing how expensive the taxes were on the property. The mansion was demolished to eventually make way for the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman.