The Felix M. Warburg House is a mansion at 1109 Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built from 1907 to 1908 for the German-American Jewish financier Felix M. Warburg, in the Châteauesque style, and designed by C. P. H. Gilbert. After Warburg's death in 1937, his widow sold it to a real estate developer. When plans to replace it with luxury apartments fell through, ownership reverted to the Warburgs, who donated it in 1944 to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In 1947, the Seminary opened the Jewish Museum in the mansion. The house was named a New York City designated landmark in 1981 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 1993, Kevin Roche constructed an annex to the house in Gilbert's style, built with stone from the same quarry that supplied the original mansion. Critical reviews of the original house's architecture have generally been positive while the extension received a mixed reception.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1833:
Siamese–Vietnamese wars: Lê Văn Khôi escaped from prison to begin a revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng, primarily to avenge his adoptive father, Vietnamese general Lê Văn Duyệt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_V%C4%83n_Kh%C3%B4i_revolt
1916:
Ernest Shackleton and five companions arrived at South Georgia, completing a 1,300 km (800 mi) lifeboat voyage over 16 days to obtain rescue for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird
1940:
World War II: German forces commenced their invasion of Belgium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_%281940%29
2013:
One World Trade Center in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was topped out at a height of 1,776 feet (541 m). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
embolden: 1. To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten. 2. (typography) To format (text) in boldface. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embolden
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Haec ornamenta mea.Here are my jewels. --Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi) https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cornelia_%28mother_of_the_Gracchi%29