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mansion located at 25 East 78th Street, at the corner of

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. It was constructed for railroad executive

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and designed by

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in 1898. In 2006,

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bought the house to be the headquarters of

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.Cardwell, Diane
"Mayor to Put His Charity in Upper East Side Building "
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References

Notes Further reading * *Miller, Sam
"The 1900 Stuyvesant Fish House - No. 25 East 78th Street"
''Daytonian in Manhattan'' (February 23, 2012) {{Manhattan-struct-stub Houses in Manhattan Upper East Side Gilded Age mansions McKim, Mead & White buildings Italianate architecture in New York City