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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was an American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York".
Oheka Castle, also known as the Otto Kahn Estate, is a hotel located on the North Shore (or "Gold Coast") of Long Island, in West Hills, New York, a hamlet in the town of Huntington. It was the country home of investment financier and philanthropist Otto Hermann Kahn and his family.
The Otto H. Kahn House is a mansion at 1 East 91st Street, at Fifth Avenue, in the Carnegie Hill section of the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.The four-story mansion was designed by architects J. Armstrong Stenhouse and C. P. H. Gilbert in the neo-Italian Renaissance style.
Oheka II was a private motor yacht built for German-born American investment banker Otto Hermann Kahn by Lürssen in 1927. Capable of 34 knots top speed, she became the blueprint for the Kriegsmarine's Schnellboot. "Oheka" is an acronym of letters from Kahn's full name, Otto Herman Kahn.
The Kahn Lectures were series of lectures that took place from 1929 to 1931 at the Department of Art and Archaeology of Princeton University, sponsored by the New York banker Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934). Kahn had funded visits by European scholars to Princeton since 1925, and the new lectures were announced as a continuation of the earlier ...
Otto Hermann Kahn – investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts [130] Kevin Kline – actor; Stephen King – author [131] Sante Kimes – criminal [104] David H. Koch – businessman, philanthropist, conservative political activist; Frederick R. Koch – collector and philanthropist [132]
Otto H. Kahn House: New York, New York: Otto Hermann Kahn: Convent of the Sacred Heart: 1914: Renaissance Revival: J. Armstrong Stenhouse Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert: 54: 50,302 sq ft (4,673.2 m 2) [73] Hillside School: Berkeley, California: Berkeley Unified School District: Sam Seppala: 1925: Tudor Revival: Walter H. Ratcliff: 55 (tie ...
Otto Hermann Kahn was vice-president, and Alvin W. Krech was the treasurer. [1] In 1914, with Agide Jacchia conducting, the company premiered Guido Ferranti by Jane Van Etten, one of the first American operas by a female composer to be produced by a regular opera company. [2]