Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt House
- Architect
- John Russell Pope
- Year
- 1930
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House at 60 East 93rd Street on the Upper East Side was built in 1930 as a residence for Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, daughter of James Graham Fair and ex-wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt II. John Russell Pope designed it in the Classical Revival style.
the building
Later institutional life. The house served for many years as a location for the Lycée Français de New York, until the school completed a new building around 2003. It now serves as a gallery for the antique dealer Carlton Hobbs LLC, which specializes in fine European furniture and works of art.
the architect
John Russell Pope designed the house in the Classical Revival style.
significance
The house is a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-00436) and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982. It stands beside the William Goadby Loew House at 56 East 93rd Street.
nearby
- Squadron A Armory
- Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in New York
- John Henry and Emily Vanderbilt Sloane Hammond House
- James A. and Florence Sloane Burden House
- The Jewish Museum
- Felix and Frieda S. Warburg House