ID: 700008935 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008935	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

William K. Vanderbilt House (mansion; Richard Morris Hunt (American architect, 1827-1895); 1878-1882; now destroyed; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...)

Note: Located at 52nd Street, designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, represents the first influential grafting of European history on unseasoned American wealth. It was grand and gaudy, inspired by great mansions of 15th-century France. It literally dripped with Europe, instantly becoming the standard for the mansions of Fifth Avenue and the palatial homes of Newport. To some, however, it seemed a bit much. Critic Louis H. Sullivan called it "a contradiction, an absurdity, a characteristically New York absurdity."

Titles:

William K. Vanderbilt House (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Vanderbilt Chateau (C,U,English,U,U)

Petit Chateau (C,U,undetermined,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: 1878-1882; now destroyed

Creator Display:

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

patron Vanderbilt, William Kissam (American businessman, philanthropist, 1849-1920) [500371585]

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

Locations:

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

Address Note: 40.76003°N 73.97647°W; 660 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: unavailable

Events:

demolition: 1929

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:
William K. Vanderbilt House	........ [VP]
	........ PBS [online] (2003-)
Vanderbilt Chateau	........ [VP]
	........ PBS [online] (2003-)
Petit Chateau	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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

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

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