tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post9036624810026346478..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost Charles T. Yerkes Mansion - No. 864 Fifth AvenueTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-18474913890071872982021-04-16T08:27:16.317-07:002021-04-16T08:27:16.317-07:00Really enjoyed this. The novel The Titan by Theodo...Really enjoyed this. The novel The Titan by Theodore Dreiser is based on the life of Yerkes. I first read it at the age of 14 and have re-read occasionally since. It's the best novel about business ever written (there is a lot of sex too but all left to the imagination). Cowperwood's (Yerkes') great mansion in NYC figures prominently at the end of the novel. I always wondered where it was. Now I know. Rather sad really. Brummagem Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998868549766033751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-67846640474905274732019-12-29T01:27:43.679-08:002019-12-29T01:27:43.679-08:00Sadly, not that I know of. Glad you are enjoying ...Sadly, not that I know of. Glad you are enjoying the posts.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-71781139697771397452019-12-28T17:16:25.665-08:002019-12-28T17:16:25.665-08:00Do you know if the Yerkes mansion was ever publish...Do you know if the Yerkes mansion was ever published in periodicals at the time of its construction? I'd love to see the floor plans of it.<br /><br />You site is great!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146042597569119734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-47378176792181492812019-08-28T10:42:21.348-07:002019-08-28T10:42:21.348-07:00That's great! So glad the article was of help...That's great! So glad the article was of help!<br />Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-38695632637391619612019-08-28T09:48:21.293-07:002019-08-28T09:48:21.293-07:00I am playing the role of Mary Yerkes (Myra in the ...I am playing the role of Mary Yerkes (Myra in the show) in the Stephen Sondheim musical, Road Show, based on the life of Addison and Wilson Mizner. Thank you for so much information on who she was! I was actually worried that I was too old for the actor playing Wilson before reading this... we are actually perfect! This was such a great read... I appreciate it! - KittyNYkittyNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328753683649420909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-12285019298742581732017-07-15T22:34:24.714-07:002017-07-15T22:34:24.714-07:00This was indispensable in acquiring the exact date...This was indispensable in acquiring the exact date of the Mizner-Yerkes fiasco wedding date. Thanks! <br /><br />Highly recommended: Alva Johnston's The Legendary Mizners (1953), a biography of the two brothers. You will have to travel to Pluto to find a funnier (wit) book. Ignore the horrible illustrations. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06776838550364820559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-55411830812514660232013-11-09T12:17:50.220-08:002013-11-09T12:17:50.220-08:00I do believe that the modern building took over .....I do believe that the modern building took over .... H.O. and L. Havemeyer's mansion and collected property from their children. see: "The havemeyers: Impressionism comes to America". Frances Weitzenhoffer. 1986 Harry N. Abrams, New York. The demise of the house is explained in Andrew Alpern's book about the Rosario Candela, and the Carpenter designed apartment buildings. In my own words: the Havemeyer house on the corner and at least two other properties adjoining, were demolished to make way for an apartment building. The "depression" put a halt on the building, and the space was used as a parking lot, sometime after W.W. II, this building was created.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-17348237718316361262013-09-03T10:34:58.412-07:002013-09-03T10:34:58.412-07:00sorry i meant 32 marble columns and yes it was set...sorry i meant 32 marble columns and yes it was set that low at basement level. there is a picture of it in "the great houses of new york" bookchauncy primmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099894744964516223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-77260689059212152842013-09-01T08:35:29.281-07:002013-09-01T08:35:29.281-07:00Chauncy -- thanks for that clarification!Chauncy -- thanks for that clarification!Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-28906213647698804592013-09-01T08:29:12.000-07:002013-09-01T08:29:12.000-07:00The Yerkes mansion was demolished by make way for ...The Yerkes mansion was demolished by make way for a garden , that picture is of a garden built I believe by Thomas Fortune Ryan and he used 3 marble columns from the Yerkes mansion in his garden. Then the whole site was demolished for the apartment building.chauncy primmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099894744964516223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-28912168217797491952013-08-27T04:36:43.943-07:002013-08-27T04:36:43.943-07:00I believe that there was a house owned by Ben Ali ...I believe that there was a house owned by Ben Ali Haggin on the site of the present Rosario Candela designed 834 Fifth Avenue.magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181183756484194127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-36778891254130243002013-08-26T16:58:26.229-07:002013-08-26T16:58:26.229-07:00A great post on one of the more obscure New York m...A great post on one of the more obscure New York mansions. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-33242527401398417132013-08-26T15:15:11.019-07:002013-08-26T15:15:11.019-07:00thanks for catching that. There was apparently a ...thanks for catching that. There was apparently a Candela-designed structure slated for the site; but it was either never built or had a short existence.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-3758012862507592012013-08-26T11:43:32.063-07:002013-08-26T11:43:32.063-07:00I love your blog! I just wanted to let you know th...I love your blog! I just wanted to let you know that a large part of L.T. Haggin's art collection is on display a the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California. They were a gift from Eila and Robert McKee, made in Louis Terah Haggin's name. The collection consists of over 240 works.<br /><br />The interesting part is that many of these paintings had been originally hung in the Haggin's San Francisco home, but were moved to New York in the 1890s. If they had remained in San Francisco, they would have been destroyed during the earthquake and fire of 1906.<br /><br />There is also a mantel in the atrium of the museum that says it is from the Haggin's Fifth Avenue mansion. I suspect there may have been more than one Haggin Fifth Avenue mansion, but it's possible this one came from the Yerke's Mansion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-28384068184269035052013-08-26T07:59:51.920-07:002013-08-26T07:59:51.920-07:00Te last picture is wrong. Rosario Candela and Jame...Te last picture is wrong. Rosario Candela and James Carpenter never designed anything look like that. It is a post war building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-89111853977846218692013-08-26T06:52:18.954-07:002013-08-26T06:52:18.954-07:00Thanks for highlighting yet another very little kn...Thanks for highlighting yet another very little known Fifth Avenue mansion. Could have been upper Manhattan's version of the Morgan Museum but unfortunately it was not be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-16517091457332088582013-08-26T06:17:17.308-07:002013-08-26T06:17:17.308-07:00Mr. Miller, your columns are most interesting and ...Mr. Miller, your columns are most interesting and your knowledge of Manhattan architecture is formidable. However, I believe that the current building at the site of the Yerkes mansion was designed by Sylvan Bien, not Candela/Carpenter. creation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-23305062557897874282013-08-26T06:02:53.470-07:002013-08-26T06:02:53.470-07:00If I'm not mistaken, Wilson Mizner was the bro...If I'm not mistaken, Wilson Mizner was the brother of famed Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner. Wilson went on to play a part in as a huckster in the great Florida land boom- and bust of the 1920's. it is said that he was being cross examined by the attorney of a man he had defrauded. " Did you, or did you not tell my client that he could grow nuts on the land you sold him?", the attorney demanded. Mizner supposedly replied, "No. I told him he could go nuts on the land".<br /><br />Mary seems to have had "a thing" for shysters.magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181183756484194127noreply@blogger.com