Benjamin N. Duke House
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Benjamin N. Duke House
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The mansion in 2010
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| Location | 1009 Fifth Avenue at East 82nd Street Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′43″N 73°57′45″W / 40.77861°N 73.96250°WCoordinates: 40°46′43″N 73°57′45″W / 40.77861°N 73.96250°W |
| Built | 1899-1901 |
| Architect | Welch, Smith & Provot |
| Architectural style |
Beaux-Arts French Renaissance (interior) |
| NRHP Reference # | 89002090 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 7, 1989 |
| Designated NYCL | February 19, 1974 |
The Benjamin N. Duke House, also called the Duke–Semans Mansion and the Benjamin N. and Sarah Duke House, is a landmarked mansion located at 1009 Fifth Avenue at East 82nd Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1899-1901 and was designed by the firm of Welch, Smith & Provot in the Beaux-Arts style.
The house was built speculatively by developers William W. Hall and Thomas M. Hall, and not for a specific owner. Shortly after the mansion was completed, it was bought by Benjamin N. Duke, a tobacco, textile and energy industrialist and philanthropist, who was chairman of the American Tobacco Company at that time. Benjamin's brother, James, another tobacco entrepreneur, bought the house in 1907. He lived there until his own mansion at 1 East 78th Street – now landmarked as the James B. Duke House – was completed in 1912.
After James Duke relocated, the mansion became the residence of Benjamin Duke's son, Angier Buchanan Duke, until 1919, when his sister Mary Lillian Duke married A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., and the couple moved in. Later, their daughter, Mary Semans, took over the residence. Members of the Duke family owned the mansion until 2006, when it was sold for US$40 million to Tamir Sapir, an American real estate mogul.
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