William C. Whitney House

William C. Whitney House
General information
Coordinates	40°46′11.7″N73°58′6.5″W / 40.769917°N 73.968472°W / 40.769917; -73.968472
Completed	1883
Demolished	1942

The William C. Whitney House was a mansion located on 871 Fifth Avenue and 68th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.

It was originally constructed for Robert L. Stuart who died before it was completed. It was next sold to Amzi L. Barber before it came into the ownership of William C. Whitney in about 1897. ^[1] The house was later inherited by Whitney's eldest son Harry Payne Whitney, who lived there until his death in 1930. Under the terms of his will, his widow Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney received a life interest in the property; after Gertrude's death the house was to be demolished and sold, with the proceeds to be treated as part of Harry P. Whitney's residuary estate. ^[2]

The house was demolished in 1942. ^[3]

References

1. "To Benefit St Michael's Home" (PDF). The New York Times. February 3, 1895. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
2. "H. P. Whitney's Estate Valued at $71,771,303". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. December 3, 1931. p. 12. Retrieved August 15, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. Almino, Letícia Wouk (June 16, 2017). "A Death-Plagued Gilded Age Ballroom, Recreated on the Edge of Central Park". Hyperallergic. Retrieved June 1, 2024.

Further reading

• Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880–1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 103. ISBN   978-0-926494-34-3.

External links

• Media related to William C. Whitney House at Wikimedia Commons