Jay Gould House

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Jay Gould House
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The Jay Gould House, with the Isaac Stern House to its left
Jay Gould House
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Architectural style Neo-Gothic
Openedunknown
Demolished1906

The Jay Gould House was a mansion located at 857 Fifth Avenue at East 67th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.

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The home was constructed in the French Neo-Gothic style for financier Jay Gould, who later gave it to his eldest son, George Jay Gould. The younger Gould tore down the mansion in 1906, and he had the George J. Gould House built in its place. [1]

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