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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_M._Warburg_House>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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