ID: 700008934 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008934	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Mrs. William B. Astor House (mansion; Richard Morris Hunt; construction started in 1893; ...)

Note: In 1893, ground was broken for the new mansion of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, widow William Backhouse Astor, Jr., the grandest Fifth Avenue had ever seen. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt, in French Renaissance style but more classically Italianate than the Vanderbilts' Gothic chateau. Its proportions were immense,its accoutrements extravangant. The ballroom doubled as an art gallery and could accommodate some 1,200 guests. Mrs. Astor's home quickly became the most celebrated private residence in the United States. It was eventually sold to real estate developer Benjamin Winter, Sr., and later demolished.

Titles:

Mrs. William B. Astor House (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Mrs. Astor's House (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mansion [300071272] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by form>)

former structure [300386958]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: construction started in 1893; now destroyed

Creator Display:

Richard Morris Hunt [preferred,VP]

architect Hunt, Richard Morris (American architect, 1827-1895) [500029112]

patron Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn (American socialite, 1830-1908) [500360527]

Locations:

New York [7007567] New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 40.768078°N 73.970218°W; 840 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

Display Materials: masonry

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

Dimensions: 3 stories

Events:

demolition: after 1908

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	French Renaissance [300404740] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles, Renaissance-Baroque regional styles, French Renaissance-Baroque styles)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

Sources and Contributors:
Mrs. William B. Astor House	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Mrs. Astor's House	........ [VP]
	........ PBS [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... PBS [online] (2003-) "American Experience," http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gallery/carnegieman.html

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... PBS [online] (2003-)