647 Fifth Avenue Building
- Architect
- Hunt & Hunt
- Year
- 1905
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Manhattan, NY
647 Fifth Avenue, originally the George W. Vanderbilt Residence, is a six-story stone building designed by Hunt & Hunt as one of the "Marble Twins," a pair of houses built between 1902 and 1905 for the Vanderbilt family. Located between 51st and 52nd Streets, it was owned by George W. Vanderbilt and rented to Robert Wilson Goelet, both connected to the family by marriage, before its later life as a commercial building.
the building
French Renaissance Revival facade. The first floor has arched openings topped by a balustrade, while the second and third stories carry fluted pilasters supporting an entablature; a balustrade runs above the fifth story.
Later additions. The fourth and fifth floors were added in the late 1930s in imitation of the original design. The matching townhouse at 645 Fifth Avenue was demolished in 1944.
the style
Hunt & Hunt designed the pair in the French Renaissance Revival style, part of the broader Neoclassical vocabulary favored for Fifth Avenue mansions of the Vanderbilt era.
More on Neoclassicalsignificance
647 Fifth Avenue is a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00954, designated 1977) and a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Cartier Building
- 488 Madison Avenue
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral Complex
- Saint Thomas Church and Parish House
- William H. and Ada S. Moore House
- Saks Fifth Avenue