Murray Guggenheim House

  • Also Known As: Guggenheim Library

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

In 1905, Murray Guggenheim, son of mining magnate Meyer Guggenheim, hired New York architects Carrere and Hastings to design a palatial residence. The partners' New York Public Library had gained them a reputation for the kind of civic monumentality Guggenheim must have desired; the Beaux Arts mansion, set amid landscaped grounds at Norwood and Cedar Avenues, resembles a pavilion from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The residential design won the architects a gold medal from the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects. In 1960, the Guggenheim Foundation of New York donated the house to Monmouth College, which now uses it as a library. - NPS


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1903/00/00 Carrere and Hastings Architect Carrere and Hastings are hired to design the Murry and Leonie Guggenheim summer cottage.
1903/00/00 Murry Guggenheim Owner Murry and Leonie Guggenheim buy property
1905/00/00 Murry Guggenheim Home Murry and Leonie Guggenheim summer home.
1905/00/00 Construction completed
1961/09/24 Dedication of the Murry and Leonie Guggenheim Memorial Library

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Particulars for Murray Guggenheim House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Sight Category Building
Building Type Mansion
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th March 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Guggenheim, Murry, House
Registry Address: Cedar and Norwood Aves.
Registry Number: 78001778
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Carrere and Hastings
Architectural Style: Beaux arts
Area in Acres: 7
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1903, 1967
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: Library

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