tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post6959226227202755418..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1903 M. Orme Wilson House -- No. 3 E. 64th StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-8362031512132261812022-08-06T11:08:35.009-07:002022-08-06T11:08:35.009-07:00👍👍Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-40162324534434780732018-03-25T22:08:45.237-07:002018-03-25T22:08:45.237-07:00Fascinating details about this beautiful and archi...Fascinating details about this beautiful and architecturally significant home and famous occupants. My Great Grandfather was first cousin to the Wilson clan.<br />Well done and thank you.DENNIS WHITEHEADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13722980140946601569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-75127309000236068052014-07-23T17:21:44.349-07:002014-07-23T17:21:44.349-07:00The renovations to this amazing structure I can on...The renovations to this amazing structure I can only pray did not detract from the unique beauty it possessed. John and I will remember it always.<br /><br />MadeleineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-1326814487922610162013-01-24T02:21:25.937-08:002013-01-24T02:21:25.937-08:00Great anecdote. Thanks a lot for that interesting...Great anecdote. Thanks a lot for that interesting information.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-43888247575067682862013-01-23T21:56:58.944-08:002013-01-23T21:56:58.944-08:00A little known fact regarding this house has to do...A little known fact regarding this house has to do with Carrie's brother, John Jacob Astor 1V, the most famous victim of the Titanic disaster. In my research of all the Newport people who were on the Titanic, I discovered that "Jack" Astor spent his last night in America at this house. Jack and his wife, Madeleine, were dinner guests of Carrie and Orme that evening (January 25 or 26, 1912). The 400 had largely shunned Madeleine since the 1911 marriage (she was the age of Jack's son and her family was considered nouveaux). Carrie, however, was working behind the scenes to held Madeleine gain acceptance into the Old Guard. Orme helped by enlisting his sister, Grace Vanderbilt (who was on her way to succeeding Jack's mother as Queen of Society), into the cause. Carrie's dinner party was one of several pre-ball dinners given a few hours before a regal ball to which Jack and Madeleine had NOT been invided. By having the snubbed Astors at the pre-ball dinner, Carrie was commiting a bold act of defiance against Old New York. Her audacity paid off. Society did not boycott Carrie's soiree, and the presence of Grace Vanderbilt all but ensured that Madeleine was on her way to being accepted as Mrs. Astor. The next day the Astors set sail on board the Olympic for a ten week trip abroad that ended on the Titanic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-55438787891041028642013-01-23T10:21:31.078-08:002013-01-23T10:21:31.078-08:00Wonderful post; enjoyed it very much, thanks!Wonderful post; enjoyed it very much, thanks!Donnahttp://streetsofsalem.com/noreply@blogger.com