Friday, February 3, 2012

The Grenville T. Emmet Residence

The Grenville Temple Emmet residence, an older townhouse redesigned by Mott Schmidt c. 1917 at 39 East 63rd Street in New York City. Emmet was the American Minister to the Netherlands and later to Austria (where he died in 1937). Click HERE to see the Emmet residence on google street view.







Photos from Architectural Record, 1919.
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5 comments:

  1. The Down East DilettanteFebruary 3, 2012 at 10:39 AM

    Anti-Macassars in the Drawing room??? My dears, what is the world coming to!

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  2. The Down East DilettanteFebruary 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    Btw, Grenville Emmet was a relative of Mrs. Stanford White, n'est pas?

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  3. Zach L.February 3, 2012 at 10:47 AM

    Which would make Grenville brothers with Devereaux?

    http://www.oldlongisland.com/2009/12/sherrewogue.html

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    Would people actually walk on that tiger skin rug?

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  5. The Down East DilettanteFebruary 3, 2012 at 1:53 PM

    or at least cousins

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