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Stately New York Homes Now Housing Embassies
The New York City landmarks commission notes several grand Fifth Avenue houses dating from 1900 to 1903 now serving as UN missions. The Vanderbilt and Beekman–Sloane properties are highlighted for their historic wealth, palatial design, and status as among Manhattan’s oldest and finest private mansions repurposed for diplomatic use.
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United Nations
N. Y
Sene
Orme Wilson
Wal
Richard T. Wilson
New York
Ceic
U.N
Manhattan
Graham Fair Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt Jr
Commodore
Fifth Avenue
R. Livingston Beekman
Rhode Island
Emily Vanderbilt Sloane
Commodore Vanderbilt
Landmarks Commission
Warren & Wetmore