William Salomon House
The William Salomon House was a mansion located on 1020 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.
The house was built in the 1880s as a four-story brownstone home.[1]: 147 It was formerly the residence of Richard Arnold, founder of Arnold Constable & Company department store, who died in 1886.[2] The site was sold to banker William Salomon Sr. in 1900; he hired Trowbridge & Livingston to renovate the existing house.[1]: 147 [3] In 1901 he acquired furnishings in Florence, Italy, for the home.[4] The house was completed by 1906.[5] The site measured 62.6 feet (19.1 m) on Fifth Avenue and 100 feet (30 m) on 83rd Street.[6]
During his later life, Salomon acquired large amounts of Old Master paintings for the house.[7] After Salomon died in 1919,[8] the Duveen Brothers bought 15 Old Masters in January 1923 for about $1 million.[7] Salomon's possessions were sold for $1,292,847 in April 1923, but there were no bids for the mansion itself.[9] The site was sold in May 1924.[6] Built at the same address was 1020 Fifth Avenue, an apartment building completed in 1925.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880–1930. New York: Acanthus Press. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.
- ↑ "FUNERAL OF RICHARD ARNOLD". The New York Times. April 11, 1886. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
- ↑ Metropolitan Museum Historic District (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. 1977. p. 96.
- ↑ Catterson, Lynn (2017). "From Florence, to London, to New York: Mr. Morgan's Bronze Doors". Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. 16 (2). Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Society at Home and Abroad". The New York Times. January 28, 1906. p. X7. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- 1 2 "LATEST DEALINGS IN REALTY FIELD; Another Fifth Avenue Mansion Sold as Apartment House Site. PROJECTINVOLVES $2,500,000 Operator Buys the Chateau d'Armes on Washington Heights Corner". The New York Times. May 2, 1924. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- 1 2 "SALOMON PAINTINGS SOLD FOR $1,000,000; Fifteen Italian Primitives From Banker's Collection Are Purchased by Art Dealers". The New York Times. January 5, 1923. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ "WILLIAM SALOMON, BANKER, IS DEAD; After Study in Germany He Was Identified With Speyer & Co. for Many Years. INTERESTED IN RAILROADS A Founder of the Educational Alliance and its Treasurer for Fifteen Years". The New York Times. December 15, 1919. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ "SIMON ART SALE BRINGS $1,292,847; Surpassed in Amount by Only the Charles T. Yerkes and M.C.D. Borden Sales". The New York Times. April 8, 1923. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ Gray, Christopher (June 10, 2007). "Where 'Sumptuous' Is No Exaggeration". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
Further reading
[edit]- Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880–1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.