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Showing posts with label Helen Miller Gould. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helen Miller Gould. Show all posts
Monday, October 29, 2012

The Lost 1869 Gould Mansion -- 579 Fifth Avenue

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By the time of this photo businesses had encroached on the residence and Helen Gould had removed the portico.  photo Library of Congress ...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Helen Gould's Secret Gift - Stanford White's 1899 Gould Memorial Library

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 When financier Jay Gould died in 1892, he not only left his four children a fortune estimated at between $65 and $70 million, he left a...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

A Palace for Horses -- The Gould Carriage House 213 West 58th Street

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Photo Unity Center New York When Jay Gould died in 1892 he left his four children between $65 and $70 million. The Gould heirs reacted to...
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Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..
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