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[5] [11] The mansion is part of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile [12] and houses the Frick Collection, the southernmost museum on that strip. [13] The site had been part of the Lenox family's farm until the late 19th century. [14] The site of the Frick House then became the Lenox Library, designed in a neo-Grec style by Richard Morris Hunt.
The Frick Art Research Library’s Photoarchive in New York is a study collection of more than 1.5 million photographic reproductions of works of art from the fourth to the mid-twentieth century. It was founded in 1920 by Helen Clay Frick to facilitate object-oriented research. Alongside the reproductions, the extensive documentation it offers ...
When the Frick family moved from Pittsburgh to New York City in 1905, they leased the William H. Vanderbilt House at 640 Fifth Avenue, [15] [12] and Frick expanded his collection during that time. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The collection was spread across their homes in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. [ 18 ]
A view of the Washington Arch, designed by Stanford White, looking south from Fifth Avenue in Washington Square Park, New York City, 1903. Museum of the City of New York/Byron Collection - Getty ...
Helen Clay Frick founded the Frick Art Reference Library—renamed in 2024 to the Frick Art Research Library—in 1920 as a memorial to her father, Henry Clay Frick, [1] who had died in 1919. [2] Its first home was the bowling alley of the Henry Clay Frick House; [3] the library's staff worked in the house's basement. [4]
Houses at 1026–1028 Fifth Ave. Houses at 1026–1028 Fifth Ave. February 12, 1999 : 1026–1028 Fifth Ave. Museum Mile: 53: Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street: Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street: October 29, 1982
The Upper East Side Historic District is a landmarked historic district on the Upper East Side of New York City's borough of Manhattan, first designated by the city in 1981. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [3] Its boundaries were expanded in 2010. [1] [4]
The Henry Clay Frick House on 5th Avenue was the inspiration for the Avengers Mansion. Avengers Mansion is a fictional building appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It has traditionally been the base of the Avengers. The enormous, city block-sized building is located at 890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. [1]