- Morton F. Plant House
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Not to be confused with Morton Plant House.
Morton F. Plant House on Fifth Avenue
The Morton F. Plant House is a mansion located at 653 Fifth Avenue (at 52nd Street) in New York City. Since 1917, Cartier SA has occupied the building.
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History
The 1905 Neo-Renaissance mansion of Morton Freeman Plant (son of railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant) was designed by the architects Robert W. Gibson and C. P. H. Gilbert. Cartier SA acquired the mansion from the Plants in 1917, in exchange for $100 in cash and a double-stranded natural pearl necklace valued at the time at $1 million.[1]
References
- ^ Dunlap, David (2000-04-26). "Commercial Real Estate; Cartier Spruces Up to Show Off Its Jewels in Style". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E5DA1330F935A15757C0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
Further reading
- Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3.
External links
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- C. P. H. Gilbert buildings
- Renaissance Revival architecture in New York
- Classical Revival architecture in New York
- Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)
- Houses in Manhattan
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