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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1907/06/22 John Gamble Rogers Architect Plans have been filed for the new 5 story residence to be built by Edward S Harkness at the northeast corner of 5th Ave and 75th Street. The house will cost $250,000 according to the estimate of Architects Hale and Rogers. - The New York Times
1918/00/00 Anna Maria Harkness Benefactor Anna Harkness establishes The Commonwealth Fund with a gift of nearly $10 million and the mandate that it should "do something for the welfare of mankind." The Fund's first president was her son, Edward Stephen Harkness.
1918/00/00 Edward Stephen Harkness Vocation Anna Harkness establishes The Commonwealth Fund with a gift of nearly $10 million and the mandate that it should "do something for the welfare of mankind." The Fund's first president was her son, Edward Stephen Harkness.
1919/00/00 Max Farrand Work Max Farrand serves as the first general director of the Commonwealth Fund. Serving from 1919 to 1921, his advocacy for higher quality in education and teaching led to the development of the Fund's Educational Research Program.

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Particulars for Edward Harkness House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Italianate
Material Marble
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History
Material Tennessee Marble




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