James B. Duke House
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James B. Duke House
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James B. Duke House
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| Location | 1 E. 78th St., New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′35″N 73°57′50″W / 40.77639°N 73.96389°WCoordinates: 40°46′35″N 73°57′50″W / 40.77639°N 73.96389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Horace Trumbauer |
| Architectural style | French Classical/Louis XV |
| NRHP Reference # | 77000956 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 10, 1977 |
| Designated NYCL | September 15, 1970 |
The James B. Duke House is a mansion located at 1 East 78th Street, on the northeast corner at Fifth Avenue, in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The house is one of the great extant mansions from "Millionaire's Row". It was built for James Buchanan Duke, who was one of the founding partners of American Tobacco Company and the owner of Duke Power. The building has housed the New York University Institute of Fine Arts since 1952.
Architect Horace Trumbauer's design of the house drew heavily upon the Hôtel Labottière (1773), Bordeaux, by the Bordeaux architect Etienne Laclotte, architect of numerous hôtels particuliers in Bordeaux. The similar treatment of the central bay with its recessed entrance and window on the piano nobile, and the channeled rustication are particularly salient features shared by both urban town houses.
Construction was completed in 1912, and the three members of the Duke family—James B., his wife Nanaline, and their daughter Doris—lived there with their staff part of the year. In 1952, Nanaline and Doris donated the building to New York University's Institute of Fine Arts.
Robert Venturi renovated the building for academic use in 1958. The main reception rooms on the ground floor retain many of the original furnishings and decorations, while the Institute's library and faculty offices have colonized the eight bedrooms of the second floor and the servants' quarters on the third floor.
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