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NYC – UES: Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House

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The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House, once the Olivetti Building and now the Polo/Ralph Lauren store, at 867 Madison Avenue, was built by Kimball & Thompson in 1895-98. Designed in the style of the early French Renaissance château of the Loire Valley, this enormous mansion was built by an eccentric society matron who never actually lived there. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo was a direct descendant of Philip Jacob Rhinelander, who settled in New Rochelle in 1696. By the time the house was finished, Gertrude’s husband, Francis Waldo had passed and she chose, instead, to live with her sister across the street.

The house remained empty for years as a result of Gertrude’s inability to consumate a sale. By 1909 the mansion was in disrepair. In 1911, she had passed and the Dime SAvings Bank came into ownership by default. The house stood vacant until 1921 when it was purchased by an antique company who converted the the first floor to commercial use and created two apartments upstairs. It has subsequently housed interior decorators, the Italian company Olivetti, auction houses like Christie’s of London, the Zabar family’s East side outpost E.A.T. and since 1984, Ralph Lauren, who converted it into a flagship store for Polo.

Of all the mansions left standing in Manhattan, this one is perhaps the most magnificent with its myriad of deeply inset windows, arched windows, balconies, statues and great tall chimnseys. Although classified primarily as French Reniassance, late Gothic motifs are evident in the hitch-pitched slate roof andnd high ornate dormers.

The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1976.

National Register #80002727 (1980)

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