Street Scenes. Fifth Avenue, Northeast Corner of 66th Street (Res. of Mrs H.O. Havemeyer), About 1901. 1 East 66th Street.
The H.O. Havemeyer mansion, of which front and side views can be seen in the photograph. Several other buildings are also visible on both 5th Avenue and on East 66th Street.
H.O. Havemeyer Mansion ca. 1901
Henry Osborne Havemeyer was the president of the family's sugar refining business until his death in 1907. Designed by Charles C. Haight, the architect of the similarly turreted New York Cancer Hospital which still stands at 106th Street and Central Park West, the Havemeyer mansion was built between 1890 and 1891 on the north east corner of Fifth Avenue and 66th Street. The home was best known for its sumptuous interior decoration by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Samuel Colman, commissioned by Havemeyer and his wife Louisiana in 1890. The interior design provided a distinctive setting for the Havemeyer's collection of Impressionist and Old Master paintings.