James B. Duke Mansion
1 East 78th Street at Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York
Completed in 1912, for James Buchanan Duke (1857-1925) as a wedding present for his second wife, Nannie Holt (1871-1962). Standing at the north-east corner of Fifth Avenue & East 78th Street, this 40,000 square foot mansion is an almost identical replica of the 18th Century Chateau Labottière in Bordeaux. The original house that stood in its place, the Henry H. Cook Mansion, was demolished to make way for Duke's. Impressed by The Elms at Newport, Duke commissioned the master of American Beaux Arts architecture, Horace Trumbauer to design his new home....
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The plans were drawn up by Julian Abele, the first professional African-American architect, and it was later cited as one the mansions that inspired Ralph Lauren's modern masterpiece at 888 Madison Avenue. Since 1952, following a donation from the Duke family, the mansion has been home to New York University's Institute of Fine Arts.
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