The Edward J. Berwind House is a mansion located on 2 East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The structure was designed by Nathan Clark Mellen, with interiors by Jules Allard [1] [2] and sculptor Louis Ardisson. [3]
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The mansion was constructed in 1886 for the coal baron Edward J. Berwind, whose company Berwind-White supplied most of the coal used by the US Navy at the time, [1] as well as most of the East Coast railroads and IRT subway trains in New York City. [2] The interiors of the house have been considered one of the grandest in New York City, comparable to the main reading room of the New York Public Library. [2]
The mansion was sold to the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in 1945, [2] then became the headquarters for the American Heart Association until 1978 when it was reconverted to residential use with a new penthouse. [4] Other past tenants include Donna Summer, who lived on the main floor for a few years. [5]
