{"nrhp_refnum":"89002090","name":"Duke Residence","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1009 Fifth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.77882588600005,"lon":-73.96219587099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story-and-mansard brick and limestone corner mansion at 1009 Fifth Avenue, at East 82nd Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side, built between 1899 and 1901 by W.W. and T.M. Hall, probably to designs by Alexander M. Welch.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare surviving turn-of-the-century Fifth Avenue mansion and one of the most impressive Beaux-Arts residences in New York City. Its ornate, sculptural exterior contrasts with a refined French Neoclassical interior remodelled in 1920. It is also notable for having stayed in the same family since the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Standing at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and East 82nd Street, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this five-story mansion with a mansard roof was built between 1899 and 1901 as a speculative venture by the builders W.W. and T.M. Hall. Alexander M. Welch, who trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, is believed to have designed it. Rusticated limestone forms the base, red brick and heavy limestone trim rise above, and curving bays, cartouches, iron balconies and a tiled mansard give the facades a sculptural, almost Baroque quality. Inside, the original plan survives, while most decoration dates from a 1920 redesign in a restrained French Neoclassical style. Benjamin N. Duke, a tobacco magnate, bought the house soon after completion, and it later passed to his brother James B. Duke and his descendants. Few Fifth Avenue mansions of the period survive, and fewer still have remained in one family. A restoration beginning around 1980 returned the exterior to its original appearance.","period_of_significance":"1899-1920","architect_builder":"Alexander M. Welch (architect); W. W. & T. M. Hall (builders)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Beaux Arts, French Renaissance","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Divided into two living units and two rental offices; restored beginning around 1980, with white paint removed from the brick and lost roof finials recreated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.003116-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89002090.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002090/d387f0649a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002090/d387f0649a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gryffindor; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:28, 31 March 2015 (UTC)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1009_Fifth_Avenue_004_crop.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gryffindor; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:28, 31 March 2015 (UTC)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1009_Fifth_Avenue_004_crop.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319451","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_N._Duke_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889056"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/duke-residence-89002090/"}