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THE ,.'-''' . ... 9 DUKE-SEMANS C----.f-'r MANSION 1009 FIFTH AVENUE EFTA00283225 cfAS - ----\ c THE DUKE-SEMANS MANSION tm! C") 1009 FIFTH AVENUE at-.5)r • - y Y Built 1899-1901 • Landmarked 1974 Interior Renovated 1920, 1963, 1994, 1996 Exterior Restored 1982-1985 This handsome Beaux Arcs mansion was completed in 1901 and is prominently sited on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and East 82nd Street. Designed by Alexander M. Welch of the architectural firm of Welch, Smith & Provot, the builders were S. W. and T. W. Hall. It is one of the last survivors of the grand residences that once lined Fifth Avenue. EFTA00283226 A MANSION THE DUKE-SEMANS The building lot is 100 feet wide along 82nd Street and 27 feet deep along Fifth Avenue. The house itself is built full to the lot plus bays, and moat. The residence was designed with decorative copper balustrades and crating on its mansard roof, unusual in a city of flat-topped buildings. A petal-design glass marquee shields the front door at the primary entrance to the mansion. The house contains over 19,000 square feet of space. There are three elevators and a skylight at the top of the central curved staircase. A planked rooftop terrace provides views of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park. The property is an extremely well- preserved example of Beaux Arts architecture from the Gilded Age. BENJAMIN NEWTON DUKE. Rona in North °mama an 1855. truhotrialite. entrepreneur and philetnahroptil Ben/amen Newton Duke rant a primary benefactor of 'betray College in Durham. burr ,enamel Duke Unnernty. He oho mar the pamapt lank between the Duke family and the eviler and uniturnry anal his death ni 1929. While In. father, Whims:Ion Duke, and 1m brother. lame, Hue/Wall Duke. unwed evremire ?abler-on for viral. nelnonsual donation.. `Alt 1kn," a. he rovarnflearemarrly known. gate& ',ported the growing umireuon In innumerable War. &Naomi ,Vnnon Duke bought 1009ldffb Arrow on a ew Yorki ferlatomebh 'AbIlionarre; Roar pert after the home wa, completed at 1981. Ile mint, family Intl there mud they lath ramped mut a new home at .2 Eno 89th Sint At that tame. Benamorra ,old 1(119 Fifth kraut to ha brother. lama. who warpath( horn( until wave% with In, family ro Eta .78th VW! i009 Fifth Awake then playa empty the marriage of RCIIMMill Dukei urn. Angler. to Cordeha Biddle Men Hod Add. Angier h.. umn born then. later. Alart 1 Wean Duke Rrulnwni, daughter and Angler Dorki men, purelmnel ION trfth rhymer from her bade. limo lineharton Duke. al the none of het suarrtage to elrathany Welk. Mary Duke &Or owned /009 Fifth Arcane mud lire limb in 1960, at sohnb tank elatigket Atm Duke Biddle bent &man,. pardoned the home corn ha rotate. EFTA00283227 (C THE DUKE- SEMANS MANSION The eight-level limestone and brick mansion's Fifth Avenue side facade is dominated by a broad, curved bay extending from the English basement through the fourth floor. The 82nd Street front facade is symmetrically composed: two slightly projecting corner pavilions flank a central four-story curved bay, a tripartite composition very typical of Beaux Arts design. The roof, with two towers rising above the ends of the main block of the house, is covered with red tiling and crowned by handsome, boldly scaled copper crests and finials. The restored roof cornice is crowned by a balustrade behind which appear dormer windows with richly adorned arched pediments. Intricate surface ornamentation, in the form of carved cartouches, wrought-iron railings, belt courses, and carved brackets, embellish the surface. MARY LILLIAN DUKE RIDDLE Mary Lillian Duke Riddle war horn or 1887 in Durham. North Cool,, a. the only daughter of Her Newton Duke and Sarah Peanon Angier Doke. Mary Duke Biddle wok an early Swot in du am frequently sniveling oath her puma to New York Ory to attend she shearer aml the opens. She become an antomplhbed singer and musician and u, buyout!, nun invited to tour South America. In /9/5, she married Andumy f. Drexel Huh& fi The »mph purehtord 1009 hfilt Awrour from Marro node. fame, Bushman Duke. and their ma titian,. Anthony Riddle Ill and Mary Duke Biddle lien, cemant. were wand thee,. Mon of 1009i interior Anon are she rump of JSymn of Merry Mir Brdellei deronnow eye. Many Duk Biddle died to 1960 at she age of 7.3. leaving behind a petunia, ferry of tenger to odwm and a pa mann» issainstion fist the benefit of the people of A rtie York and North Carolina. to dine. duo MrnilMOII, Du Ahoy Duke ltoldli- dountlaston. has auwrded gown totaling non than $28 million in topport oldie gloat she earloned and die value, the exemplified EFTA00283228 BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS )i" _ The corner lot of 1009 Fifth Avenue tomprises 2.700+/- square feet, 27 feet along the east side of Fifth Avenue and 100 feet along the south side of East 82nd Street (Block 1493/Lots 1251-1253). The lot is improved with a seven-story historie mansion directly across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of An. The mansion contains approximately 19,628+/- square feet. There is currendy a 13,5004- square font residence on the first through the fifth (kors, accessible through the original front entrance, and with in own elevator. A 3.700./- square rom upper duplex Penthouse residente with a second private entrance and elevator is located on the sixth and seventh fioors. The English basement is configured as a Doctor's office with approximately 2,428*/- square fett, accessible through a :hird private entrance and elevator. The Duke-Sensans Mansion is the corner maste:piece and sole survivor of a group of four mansions at 1006-1009 Fifth Avenue. It isa suptrior example of the Beaux Ans style. It is also positioned at the head of East 82nd Street, the best single block in all of New York for Beaux Arts architecture. Alterations to the mansion began almost immediately upon the Duke family occupancy. Benjamin Duke engaged CP.H. Gilbert to design the marquee at the front entrance. Alterations were performed by the Duke owned and operated Durham Realty Co., which also built the Duke addition to the Si. Regis Hotel. The major intenor renovation was undertaken in 1918 by Mary Duke Biddle, who initially worked with Margaret Gould. Elsie de Wolfc and Rose Cummings. Later, and from [hen on, Mrs. Biddle worked with a comrade ruhose discretion matched his distinction, Karl Bock. Linden Court at Tanytown, Casa Sarmiemo in Palm Beach and Pinerest in Durham, each a scasonal home co Mary Duke Biddle and family, mere gramd with the teamwork of Bock and Biddle. 1009 was occupied cach year front Christmas through the opera scason. During the spring and summer, it was worked on. The black matbit and mirrored bathroom, as weil as the closet (now laundry), and the magnificent Nick Biddle closet, were all the production of Karl Bock. More recent decorative touches by Robert Bray on the first through the fifth Borors, David England in the Pcnthouse, as wen as Robert Couturier in the Doctor's Orke, have continued the tradition of design with distinction at the mansion. 1009 Fifth Avenue can easily be remored to a single family residence or remain in ia current tonfiguration. Altematively, it can be renovated for a variety of private or public samt purposes. The existing zoning is R-10. MARY DUKE BIDEIE TRENT SIMANS Mary Duke Birk& finn Seinast. was born at 1009 Fildr Avenue in 1920. die ord; dansker of Mary Duke &dille and Anthon y J Dieke/ Riddi Jr. Slepne up in tbc lunne renril the age ut 14, iv/Kn ise mowel ro »udug" Notsh Gardina to live with ber grarrelpareras and later medier, ø Duke Druevin:yur irge 15. In 1939. de martini Dr. ifflith C Dent. who &ed ten yta» kiler after the tamp!. hudlo, (hildrer]. Mary Duke Buldle heia Sen numini Dl: lauges H. .5ernam in /953. and the ro] pli Luad !kw thildren. Well kumar, and aspered kr car rytt« un the Duke lltriver,ity fosne/urt legory of philinahropir tontriburiurn and sand roponsibrIsty to the COMPIN1111), Mary Duke Ridt& lirar Snur bro kanne ane ut North Gsrulinai :tråen champion: of & dill. aur:ura:g die Mnd; Carohna Stim./ of de Alf. am &ragu mening the Bitt& Foundation ro stal die development ofarei,n dro :sprutane. Murre unn a highliglu chddlused. Mk/ heri 11. invitert ernyone ~andro Irer piano «mak Ahlrough sliary; elnidhouel ur Nav >Ork GA, belmet1w apprectare tbc men her mere haik ro Durham ro urgas rulles. ai Duke Ihriveriny kipe' kr mua rare orker orm ond (uttur" During the CIM: AtinTISION. ds( (krekla her fint 'eau of du kridde und durt nitritt ahlunigh dm and her Panty uere nut ref eted revently. From ihrr$ on. Jular an arkgarton to diare her ura/ds with [/rose fornamn.. and kre kimt drar utbe," who ale lerur rr raporsubdro ro do dm unne EFTA00283229 n FIRST FLOOR - -LC- PLAN ) THE PLANS After entering under a petal design glass and iron marquee. the Gallery contains original marble flooring. ornate moldings. a powder room. the primary elevator and an elegant central curving staircase connecting the entire main house. The Reception Room is located to the well and has Iloor to ceiling decorative wood panels and another powder room. To the east are two offices and separate entrances. limb with elevators. to the Doctor's Office below and to the upper Penthouse duplex. EFTA00283230 SECOND FLOOR PLAN THIRD FLOOR PLAN This is the grand main public space of the house. The staircase ascends to what has become the Music Room, due to a rich history of music performed in the house. The Drawing and Dining Rooms to the west and east mpectively are adorned with traditional detailing. fireplaces and high ceilings. Most details are 18th century. incorporated into these rooms by Mary Duke Biddle. There is a professional kitchen just off the Dining Room. The scale and detailing of the central Gallery flail to become more intimate on this floor. To the east are the Master Bedroom. bathroom and dressing room and to the west the Library. both with fireplaces and detailed moldings. An office and a separate bathroom are located between the two primary rooms. EFTA00283231 FOURTH FLOOR PLAN FIFTH FLOOR `PLAN The two Bedrooms located on this floor have paneled walls. fireplaces and beautiful wood flooring. each with bathrooms en suite and walk-in closets. In between are a laundry room and a dressing room currently configured as a computer room. The top floor of the main part of the house incorporates a self-contained apartment to the east with kitchen and terrace used by the house staff. To the west is a floor-to-ceiling paneled Bedroom with bathroom en suite. Off oldie central Gallery are an office and another separate bathroom. EFTA00283232 SIXTH FLOOR 4t. PLAN This rim level of the separate duplex Penthouse is accessed via a private elevator with its own entrance on the east end of the house. The Living Room. Dining Room. two Bedrooms. two bathrooms a powder room and kitchen are located on this floor. The duplex undeiwent a full restoration a few years ago. Men YIN.. 50014 tt. 'moos .6 1.41 SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN The top floorof the house includes the Master Bedroom suite for the duplex. A large skylight that connects the two roof towers offers excellent light to the entire floor. A private staircase leading from the top floor provides access to the two private roof decks located on the top of each individual tower. ENGLISH BASEMENT I hem n a separate ellItililett leading to the elevator going down to the prole...tonal space. which tit currently utolued as a Doctor's Office. Natural light is brought IMO the offsets front the sunbelt garden on the fifth Avenue ode that wraps along the 82nd Street fiord as well. EFTA00283233