Henry t sloane biography of albert

Completed in 1896, for Henry T. Sloane (1845-1937) and his wife, Jessie Robbins (1858-1935). Designed by Carrère & Hastings, during the two years it took to build it emerged that Mrs Sloane's affections had been won by the infinitely more dashing Perry Belmont.

For two unhappy years, its 20,000-square feet of living space allowed the Sloanes to avoid one another as much as possible until their divorce came through in 1899 and Sloane forbade his wife from seeing or talking to their children until adulthood.

Henry t sloane biography of albert

Neither of them stepped foot in the house again and in 1900 it was briefly leased to Joseph Pulitzer before he built his palazzo at 11 East 73rd Street. For such a stunning house, it then managed to attract yet another stunningly bitter man....

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