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Edward S. Harkness Residence
Edward S. Harkness Residence
Edward S. Harkness Residence

East 75th Street and 5th Avenue. Harkness House.

IMAGE DATE1910
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Edward S. Harkness Residence ca. 1910

The latter-day town house on Fifth Avenue was indeed a splendid affair, complete with elevators, imported rooms, basements, subbasements, and quarters for legions of servants. This stone palazzo was built for the ages; one of the few Fifth Avenue mansions remaining.

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