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70-551: The Oliver Gould Jennings House is a mansion at 7 East 72nd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is along 72nd Street's northern sidewalk between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue . The four-story building was designed by Ernest Flagg and Walter B. Chambers and was built in 1898. The house, along with the neighboring structure at 9 East 72nd Street , has been owned since 2002 by

140-855: A "mansion house" (e.g., by the Revd. James Blair, Commissary in Virginia for the Bishop of London, 1689–1745, a term related to the word "manse" commonly used in the Church of Scotland and in Non-Conformist churches. H.G. Herklots, The Church of England and the American Episcopal Church). As the 16th century progressed and the Renaissance style slowly spread across Europe, the last vestiges of castle architecture and life changed;

210-581: A 8,500-square-foot (790 m) terrace above the two houses. The New York Observer cites the two houses as occupying a combined 45,000 square feet (4,200 m), though the New York City Department of City Planning cites the gross floor area as 42,380 square feet (3,937 m). 7 East 72nd Street was originally constructed for Oliver Gould Jennings , who served on the boards of Bethlehem Steel , McKesson & Robbins , and National Fuel Gas . Jennings's father Oliver Burr Jennings

280-583: A countryside estate in the U.S. was demolished in 1980, along with its extensive gardens, to make way for suburban developments. In Paris, London or Rome , many large mansions and palazzi built or remodeled during the era still survive. Grand Federal style mansions designed by Samuel McIntire inhabit an area that, in 2012, is the largest collection of 17th- and 18th-century structures in the United States of America. This district in Salem, Massachusetts ,

350-503: A function hall (named for Alexander Hamilton) and a church for the town's merchant class. McIntire also designed the former Salem Court House and Registry of Deeds. After 1793, Samuel McIntire worked exclusively in the architectural style developed by Robert Adam in Great Britain and brought to America by the great Boston architect, Charles Bulfinch. The delicate Adam style , which emphasized decorative elements and ornamentation,

420-644: A mansard roof is credited to Pierre Lescot on part of the Louvre built around 1550. This roof design was popularised in the early 17th century by François Mansart (1598–1666), an accomplished architect of the French Baroque period. It became especially fashionable during the Second French Empire (1852–1870) of Napoléon III . Mansard in Europe (France, Germany and elsewhere) also means

490-604: A method of tax avoidance . One such example of this claim, from the 1914 book How to Make a Country Place , reads, "Monsieur Mansard is said to have circumvented that senseless window tax of France by adapting the windowed roof that bears his name." This is improbable in many respects: Mansart was a profligate spender of his clients' money, and while a French window tax did exist, it was enacted in 1798, 132 years after Mansart's death, and did not exempt mansard windows. Later examples suggest that either French or American buildings were taxed by their height (or number of storeys) to

560-447: A modern French Beaux-Arts style. The facade was intended to complement the design of Henry T. Sloane 's house at 9 East 72nd Street. The architects accomplished this by using Indiana limestone , a similar material to the stone used on Sloane's home, and by matching the floor heights of Jennings's house to those of Sloane's. The facade rises four stories above 72nd Street and is topped by a mansard roof . The only visible elevation of

630-539: A new building on York Avenue in the 2000s, the school originally considered keeping the six townhouses that it owned, including the houses at 7 and 9 East 72nd Street. However, they were all protected as city landmarks, making it difficult to modify any of the houses without permission from the city government. Instead, the school began looking to sell the six townhouses in August 2000 at a combined price of $ 100 million. Initially, Lycée Français hired Massey Knakal to market

700-530: A new house. He continued to live at 7 East 72nd Street for at least another year, and the Real Estate Record reported at the end of 1915 that the new house was nearly completed. At some point, ownership of the house reverted to Jennings, who sold it in October 1917 to Sumner Gerard, a businessman whose brother James W. Gerard was a former U.S. ambassador. The house was offered as partial payment for

770-704: A number of homes for Derby and members of his extended family. McIntire also worked occasionally on Derby's vessels, and would fix a wagon or build a birdhouse if his patron desired. Hamilton Hall is a National Historic Landmark at 9 Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts . Hamilton Hall was built in 1805 by Samuel McIntire and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. "King" Derby's stamp of approval opened many other doors for McIntire, who went on to design and build mansions for John Gardner, Jerethmiel Peirce, Simon Forrester, and other wealthy Salem shipowners. He also built on Chestnut Street

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840-605: A popular element incorporated into many designs, such as Main Building (Vassar College) , Poughkeepsie, New York, which shows a large mansard-roofed structure with two towers. The 1916 Zoning Resolution adopted by New York City promoted the use of mansard roofs; rules requiring the use of setbacks on tall buildings were conducive to the mansard design. In the 1960s and 1970s, a modernised form of mansard roof, sometimes with deep, narrow windows, became popular for both residential and commercial architecture in many areas of

910-522: A roof. In London in the 1930s, building regulations decreed that "a building (not being a church or a chapel) shall not be erected of, or be subsequently increased to, a greater height than 80 ft., exclusive of two stories in the roof, and of ornamental towers". This was to stop buildings blocking the light, and effectively mandated mansard roofs for tall buildings. The style was popularised in France by architect François Mansart (1598–1666). Although he

980-536: A site that Gerard owned on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 96th Street. When the house was transferred to Gerard, it was valued at $ 325,000. Among the events the Gerard family hosted in their house were a bridge tournament to raise funds for charity, as well as a meeting for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation . The Gerard family lived at the house for a relatively short time; by January 1923,

1050-426: A variety of styles. The interior spaces included a ground-floor dining room and reception room; a second-floor library and drawing room; and bedrooms on the upper stories. After 7 and 9 East 72nd Street were combined, the residence included a swimming pool and a roof terrace. The house was constructed for Oliver Gould Jennings between 1898 and 1899. Jennings lived there until 1914, when it was resold several times. It

1120-403: Is a close cousin of the mansard. Both mansard and gambrel roofs fall under the general classification of "curb roofs" (a pitched roof that slopes away from the ridge in two successive planes). The mansard is a curb hip roof , with slopes on all sides of the building, and the gambrel is a curb gable roof, with slopes on only two sides. (The curb is a horizontal, heavy timber directly under

1190-520: Is a copy of Wollaton Hall . Other mansions were built in the new and innovative styles of the new era such as the arts and crafts style: The Breakers is a pastiche of an Italian Renaissance palazzo ; Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire is a mixture of various French châteaux . One of the most enduring and most frequently copied styles for a mansion is the Palladian – particularly so in

1260-455: Is a large dwelling house . The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word manse originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa ). Manor comes from

1330-488: Is also defined as an American variation of a mansard with the lower pitches nearly vertical and larger in proportion to the upper pitches. In France and Germany, no distinction is made between gambrels and mansards – they are both called "mansards". In the French language, mansarde can be a term for the style of roof, or for the garret living space, or attic , directly within it. The mansard style makes maximum use of

1400-486: Is an example of American Renaissance revivalism. During the 19th century, along with other streets in major cities, Fifth Avenue in New York City had many mansions. Many of these were designed by the leading architects of the day, often in European Gothic Revival style , and were built by families who were making their fortunes. However, nearly all of these have now been demolished. Whitemarsh Hall ,

1470-487: Is called the McIntire Historic District with the center being Chestnut Street. McIntire's training came from his father and from books. He and his brothers, Joseph and Angler, began their careers as housewrights and carpenters while in their teens but, early on, Samuel's work caught the eye of Salem's pre-eminent merchant, Elias Hasket Derby. Over the next quarter century, McIntire built or remodelled

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1540-622: The Ancien Régime . Until World War I it was not unusual for a moderately sized mansion in England such as Cliveden to have an indoor staff of 20 and an outside staff of the same size, and in ducal mansions such as Chatsworth House the numbers could be far higher. In the great houses of Italy, the number of retainers was often even greater than in England; whole families plus extended relations would often inhabit warrens of rooms in basements and attics. Most European mansions were also

1610-540: The Mediterranean old world, whereas where estates were founded in the sparsely populated remote areas like the Pampa of Argentina or Uruguay, where iron pillars, doors, windows, and furniture had to be brought from Europe by ship and afterwards ox cart, buildings were smaller, but normally still aspiring to evoke a stately impression, often featuring, like their earlier Italian counterparts, a morador . In Venezuela,

1680-524: The New-York Tribune reported that the house had been sold yet again. The house was then occupied by Henry I. Riker, his wife, and their children. Riker himself is recorded as having lived there until his death in November 1927. The Rikers' daughter Mary moved out following her marriage in 1930, while their son John had moved out by the time he got married in 1932. Henry's widow Mary was living at

1750-568: The Pulitzer Mansion on the block to the north; 907 Fifth Avenue and 9 East 71st Street on the block to the south; and the Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House and St. James' Episcopal Church on Madison Avenue to the east. In addition, Central Park is one half block to the west. The building was designed by Ernest Flagg and Walter B. Chambers of the firm of Flagg and Chambers. It was constructed in

1820-475: The frontage on 72nd Street was 25 feet (7.6 m) or 28 feet (8.5 m). Since 2010, the house has been connected with the former Henry T. Sloane House at 9 East 72nd Street , immediately to the east, forming a single residence. The two houses collectively occupy a single rectangular land lot of 8,923 square feet (829.0 m), with a frontage of 87.33 feet (26.62 m) and a north–south depth of 102.17 feet (31.14 m). Notable buildings nearby include

1890-472: The government of Qatar , which has combined the two buildings into a single residence. The facade is divided vertically into two bays and is made of rusticated blocks of limestone , rising four stories from the street. It includes an arched entrance at the first story, French windows opening onto a balcony at the second story, and a mansard roof on the fourth story. The house originally spanned 18,256 square feet (1,696.0 m), with interiors designed in

1960-464: The 15th century onwards, a combination of politics and advances in weaponry negated the need for the aristocracy to live in fortified castles. As a result, many were transformed into mansions without defences or demolished and rebuilt in a more modern, undefended style. Due to intermarriage and primogeniture inheritance amongst the aristocracy, it became common for one noble to often own several country houses . These would be visited rotationally throughout

2030-635: The 1850s, in an architectural movement known as Second Empire style . Second Empire influence spread throughout the world, frequently adopted for large civic structures such as government administration buildings and city halls , as well as hotels and railway stations . In the United States and Canada, and especially in New England , the Second Empire influence spread to family residences and mansions, often incorporated with Italianate and Gothic Revival elements. A mansard-topped tower became

2100-591: The 18th century. However, the Gothic style was probably the most popular choice of design in the 19th century. The most bizarre example of this was probably Fonthill Abbey which actually set out to imitate the mansions which had truly evolved from medieval Gothic abbeys following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century. Mansions built during and after the 19th century were not supported by

2170-466: The 72nd Street houses and Lycée Français's original building at 3 East 95th Street . Although the expansion at 9 East 72nd Street opened on September 24, 1964, the school hosted classes in one of the houses' old ballrooms due to a lack of space. The school made relatively few alterations to the two houses over the years. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission considered designating 7 and 9 East 72nd Street as city landmarks in 1976 and granted

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2240-469: The Jennings family. In March 1898, the Jennings family bought a plot on the north side of 72nd Street, east of Fifth Avenue, from the family of Collis P. Huntington for between $ 75,000 and $ 80,000. Jennings was one of several people to buy land on the east side of Fifth Avenue from 72nd to 73rd Street in the late 1890s. Flagg and Chambers were hired to design the house, while Sloane & Moller were hired as

2310-646: The Jenningses had a country estate named Mailands in Fairfield, Connecticut . With the growing traffic on 72nd Street, the Jennings family no longer wished to live on that street. Jennings agreed in April 1914 to sell his house to W. Emlen Roosevelt's Four West Fifty-seventh Street Company. Media sources record the building as having been transferred to Frank Schlitt, who promptly gave it to Roosevelt. Jennings bought an empty site at 882 Fifth Avenue, where he developed

2380-589: The United States. In many cases, these are not true mansard roofs but flat on top, the sloped façade providing a way to conceal heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment from view. The style grew out of interest in postmodern stylistic elements and the "French eclectic" house style popular in the 1930s and 1940s, and in housing also offered a way to provide an upper storey despite height restrictions. Houses with mansard roofs were sometimes described as French Provincial; architect John Elgin Woolf popularised it in

2450-547: The attic or garret space itself, not just the roof shape and is often used in Europe to mean a gambrel roof. Two distinct traits of the mansard roof – steep sides and a double pitch – sometimes lead to it being confused with other roof types. Since the upper slope of a mansard roof is rarely visible from the ground, a conventional single-plane roof with steep sides may be misidentified as a mansard roof. The gambrel roof style, commonly seen in barns in North America ,

2520-452: The base of the roof, or that mansards were used to bypass zoning restrictions. This last explanation is the nearest to the truth: a Parisian law had been in place since 1783, restricting the heights of buildings to 20 metres (65 feet). The height was only measured up to the cornice line, making any living space contained in a mansard roof exempt. A 1902 revision of the law permitted building three or even four storeys within such

2590-404: The buildings in 2010, the two structures comprised New York City's largest single-family residence. The former Oliver Gould Jennings House is at 7 East 72nd Street, along the northern side of 72nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue , on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The house originally had a north–south depth of 102 feet (31 m); sources disagree on whether

2660-577: The buildings; school officials refused an offer to buy the buildings for $ 43 million. When Lycée Français hired the Corcoran Group as the new broker the next year, it sought $ 51 million for the two 72nd Street houses, including $ 21 million for 7 East 72nd Street. The 72nd Street houses remained unsold for over two years because of a decline in New York City real estate following the September 11 attacks . Although an appraiser said in mid-2002 that

2730-466: The central points of these great houses became redundant as owners wished to live separately from their servants, and no longer ate with them in a Great hall. All evidence and odours of cooking and staff were banished from the principal parts of the house into distant wings, while the owners began to live in airy rooms, above the ground floor, with privacy from their servants, who were now confined, unless required, to their specifically delegated areas—often

2800-515: The designations in January 1977, despite the school's opposition to either designation. By the late 1970s, the houses at 7 and 9 East 72nd Street contained Lycée Français's kindergarten through fourth-grade classes. Lycée Français bought 12 East 73rd Street, a five-bedroom mansion behind the two 72nd Street houses, for $ 4.3 million in 1994. The 73rd Street mansion was subsequently linked to the existing 72nd Street houses. After Lycée Français developed

2870-509: The development of the modern mansion. In British English, a mansion block refers to a block of flats or apartments designed for the appearance of grandeur. In many parts of Asia, including Hong Kong and Japan, the word mansion also refers to a block of apartments. In modern Japan, a "manshon" ( Japanese : マンション ), stemming from the English word "mansion", is used to refer to a multi-unit apartment complex or condominium . In Europe, from

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2940-447: The dormer windows. The house internally contains five levels with a total of 18,256 square feet (1,696.0 m). It is decorated with details such as fireplaces and molded decorations. The house was intended to be fireproof; as such, kalamein-iron doors and windows were used throughout the house. The ground-level entrance led to a vestibule and entrance hall with stone walls and marble floors. The stairs, walls, fireplace, and cornice of

3010-465: The entrance hall were all of carved Caen stone , while the floor was made of marble with inlaid borders in different colors. There was also a reception room at the front of the ground story, with wooden paneling and a plaster ceiling. The reception room was to the east of the entrance, adjoining a powder room. A stair in the Louis XV style led from the eastern side of the house up to the second floor;

3080-409: The facade, on 72nd Street, is divided vertically into two bays . On the first story, the facade is rusticated and contains smooth-faced horizontal bands alternating with vermiculated horizontal bands. There is a carved wooden doorway in the left bay of the house. Within the right bay, there is a wide archway with a window. Carved brackets , above the first-floor door and window, support a balcony on

3150-452: The ground and uppermost attic floors. This was a period of great social change, as the educated prided themselves on enlightenment. The uses of these edifices paralleled that of the Roman villas . It was vital for powerful people and families to keep in social contact with each other as they were the primary moulders of society. The rounds of visits and entertainments were an essential part of

3220-571: The house by herself by the 1940s, when she bought the neighboring residence at 9 East 72nd Street to protect the value of her house. In the mid-20th century, the house briefly hosted the Danish mission to the United Nations. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum then rented space at the house in May 1956, in preparation for the construction of the museum's permanent building on Fifth Avenue. Initially,

3290-418: The house was used only as storage space and offices, rather than an exhibition space. The house hosted exhibits during the late 1950s, such as showcases of items from the museum's collection; works by Guggenheim International Award winners; works from contemporary European painters; and artwork by Marcel Duchamp and his older brothers Raymond and Jacques . The Guggenheim moved out of the house in 1959, when

3360-425: The house's general contractors. The architects intentionally designed the facade so it harmonized with the facade of Henry T. Sloane 's adjacent mansion at 9 East 72nd Street. The house was completed in 1899, and the New-York Tribune reported at the end of November that the house was ready for their occupancy. The Jennings family hosted events such as dinners in their house. In addition to their 72nd Street residence,

3430-502: The houses as her New York City residence, displaying her art collection across numerous rooms. The state of Qatar bought the adjacent 12 East 73rd Street in 2017 to house the servants who were employed at 7–9 East 72nd Street. In 1900, Architectural Annual magazine described 7 and 9 East 72nd Street as "Enigmas: Hotels particuliers a New York – but not the French Quarter" in a picture caption. The New-York Tribune said that "it

3500-575: The hub of vast estates . The 19th century saw the continuation of the building of mansions in the United States and Europe. These mansions were often smaller than those built by the old European aristocracy. The new builders of mansions at the time explored new styles other than the Gothic tastes in architecture which were used often. They experimented with 19th-century versions of older Renaissance and Tudoresque styles; The Breakers in Rhode Island

3570-412: The interior space of the attic and offers a simple way to add one or more storeys to an existing (or new) building without necessarily requiring any masonry . Often the decorative potential of the mansard is exploited through the use of convex or concave curvature and with elaborate dormer window surrounds. One frequently seen explanation for the popularity of the mansard style is that it served as

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3640-411: The intersection of the two roof surfaces.) A significant difference between the two, for snow loading and water drainage, is that, when seen from above, gambrel roofs culminate in a long crease at the main ridge beam, whereas mansard roofs form a rectangular shaped crease, outlined by the curb beams, with a low-pitched roof inside this rectangle. French roof is often used as a synonym for a mansard but

3710-655: The large estates of their predecessors. These new mansions were often built as the week-end retreats of businessmen who commuted to their offices by the new railways, which enabled them to leave the city more easily. In Latin America, the grand rural estate , the Hacienda , Estancia, in Portuguese speaking Brazil Fazenda or Estância, with the mansion as its stately center, is a characteristic feature. Mansions tended to follow European architectural styles . Whereas until

3780-506: The museum's permanent building opened. The Lycée Français de New York , a French-language school, leased 7 East 72nd Street from Sterling J. Boos in August 1960. Lycée Français initially housed its kindergarten and its secondary school in the building. In April 1964, Lycée Français purchased 7 and 9 East 72nd Street from the Boos family for a combined $ 850,000. The school took out a $ 815,275 mortgage from Massachusetts Mutual , which covered both

3850-521: The railings on the stairs were of wrought iron. In the rear of the ground story was a dining room, with decorations in the Louis XIV style , in addition to an adjoining pantry. The primary rooms were placed on the second floor, one story above ground. At the front of the house was a drawing room measuring 25 by 31 feet (7.6 by 9.4 m) across, while at the rear of the house was a library measuring 20 by 24 feet (6.1 by 7.3 m) long. The drawing room

3920-588: The same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would "remain" there. Following the fall of Rome, the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified houses in the Middle Ages . As social conditions slowly changed and stabilised fortifications were able to be reduced, and over the centuries gave way to comfort. It became fashionable and possible for homes to be beautiful rather than grim and forbidding allowing for

3990-515: The second floor. On the second floor, the facade is also rusticated but is made entirely of smooth limestone. The second-story French doors open onto a balcony with an elaborate iron balustrade . At the top of the second-story windows are scallop designs, which are recessed into the facade. There are corbels with cartouches below either of the third-story window sills . The windows on the third story are placed within segmentally-arched openings, and there are ornate iron window guards in front of

4060-419: The second half of the 19th century, Portugal and Spain as the colonial (or former colonial) powers were the eminent models for architecture and upper-class lifestyle, towards the end of the 19th century they were sometimes replaced by then more dominant powers like France or England. In comparably developed, densely populated countries like Mexico, feudal estates and their mansions were as grand and stately as in

4130-463: The societal process, as described in the novels of Jane Austen . State business was often discussed and determined in informal settings. Times of revolution reversed this value. During July/August 1789, a significant number of French country mansions ( chateaux ) were destroyed by the rural population as part of the Great Fear —a symbolic rejection of the feudal rights and restraints in effect under

4200-466: The traditional Spanish mansions with a garden in the center of the property are usually referred as " Quinta ". Some realtors in the US term mansions as houses that have a minimum of 8,000-square-foot (740 m ) of floor space. Others claim a viable minimum could instead be 5,000-square-foot (460 m ) of floor space, especially in a city environment. Mansard roof The earliest known example of

4270-551: The two buildings at 7 and 9 East 72nd Street could be sold for $ 25 million each, they were ultimately sold for a combined $ 26 million. The purchaser of the buildings was Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , then the Emir of Qatar , who reportedly beat out the developer Donald Trump and an unknown bidder when he agreed to acquire the properties in August 2002. The sale was finalized the next year. The Qatari government began combining

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4340-526: The two buildings into a single house in 2004. The project was designed by Thornton Tomasetti and took six years. The renovations of both buildings had been completed by 2010. The combined mansion at 7–9 East 72nd Street covered 45,000 square feet (4,200 m), making it New York City's largest single-family house. It also became one of several dozen properties that the Qatari government owned in New York City. Qatari Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani used

4410-469: The windows. Above the third-story windows is a cornice with brackets, as well as an iron railing above the cornice, which extends across the house. The fourth story is within a convex mansard roof, which is made of copper and slate. There are two dormer windows on the roof, each with an elaborate copper cresting and an ornate frame. Above each dormer window is a segmentally-arched pediment with carved cartouches, and there are also volutes flanking each of

4480-510: The year as their owner pursued the social and sporting circuit from country home to country home. Many owners of a country house would also own a town mansion in their country's capital city. These town mansions were referred to as 'houses' in London, ' hôtels particuliers ' in Paris, and 'palaces' in most European cities elsewhere. It might be noted that sometimes the house of a clergyman was called

4550-463: Was in the French rococo style, and the library was in the Louis XVI style with half-height bookcases and a marble fireplace. The drawing room and library were connected by a stair hall and gallery. When 7 East 72nd Street was combined with the neighboring 9 East 72nd Street in 2010, the combined houses included two levels of bedrooms, a swimming pool, and two top floors for the staff. There was also

4620-531: Was natural" for Flagg and Chambers to design 7 East 72nd Street in a similar style to 9 East 72nd Street and that "the proximity of these two buildings raises some lively thoughts about what the force of example may bring us to". Christopher Gray of The New York Times wrote in 2011 that the house's design defined "the Beaux-Arts movement sweeping over New York at the turn of the century". Explanatory notes Inflation figures Mansion A mansion

4690-526: Was not the inventor of the style, his extensive and prominent use of it in his designs gave rise to the term "mansard roof", an adulteration of his name. The design tradition was continued by numerous architects, including Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), his great-nephew, who is responsible for Château de Dampierre in Dampierre-en-Yvelines . The mansard roof became popular once again during Haussmann's renovation of Paris beginning in

4760-490: Was one of the original stockholders of Standard Oil , one of the world's largest oil businesses, and had left his son $ 1.3 million upon his death in 1893. The younger Jennings was married to Mary Dows Brewster, the daughter of his father's business partner Benjamin Brewster . When Benjamin Brewster died in 1897, he left Mary a large inheritance. By the mid-1890s, numerous wealthy families had settled on 72nd Street, including

4830-535: Was preferred for McIntire, who was efficient in design and proportions and had skill as a woodcarver. Swags, rosettes, garlands, and his signature sheaths of wheat were carved in wood surfaces in McIntire homes built between 1793 and his death in 1811. In Europe, some 19th-century mansions were often built as replicas of older houses; the Château de Ferrières in France was inspired by Mentmore Towers , which in turn

4900-566: Was used as a temporary location of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from 1956 to 1959. In 1960, it became part of the Lycée Français de New York , which also came to occupy 9 East 72nd Street. The house became a New York City designated landmark in 1977. The school vacated 7 and 9 East 72nd Street in 2002, when they were sold to Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , the Emir of Qatar . After the Qatari government finished renovating and combining

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