Gilded Age apartment carved from Joseph Pulitzer's ballroom to list for $6M — and it has a rare 2-story bathroom
A rare piece of Gilded Age glamour is returning to market.
A grand Upper East Side apartment fashioned from the former ballroom of Joseph Pulitzer's palatial Manhattan home is set to hit the market for $6 million.
Located on East 73rd Street between Fifth and Madison avenues, the opulent residence occupies the second floor of Pulitzer's former mansion, designed by architect Stanford White in the style of a 17th-century Venetian palace.
7 An apartment carved from the former grand ballroom of Joseph Pulitzer's Gilded Age mansion on East 73rd Street has hit the market for $6 million.
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7 Once home to the pioneering journalist, the Stanford White-designed mansion was outfitted with cutting-edge features for its time, including ball bearings under the floors and triple-pane windows to block out city noise.
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Pulitzer, the trailblazing newspaper publisher and namesake of journalism's Pulitzer Prize, who at one point owned the largest circulation newspaper in the world, lived in the home for the final eight years of his life.
Commissioned with durability and peace in mind after a fire destroyed his previous home, the mansion was constructed with then-cutting-edge soundproofing features — including triple-pane windows, thick walls and even ball bearings beneath the floors to muffle the clatter of passing carriages, according to a press release.
The building was converted into 17 individual residences in the 1930s and restructured as a co-op in the 1950s.
7 The building was divided into 17 units in the 1930s and became a co-op in the 1950s.
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7 The seller, an 84-year-old former Tiffany & Co. accessory designer, is downsizing after spending her retirement in the apartment with her dog.
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This particular apartment, coming to market for the first time in 20 years, is being sold by an 84-year-old former Tiffany & Co. accessory designer who has spent much of her retirement living there with her dog, listing agent Natalie Rakowski of Douglas Elliman said in the release, first cited by Mansion Global.
The two-bedroom unit retains many of its original details, including deep oak millwork that was carefully removed and reinstalled during the conversion.
The main living area features oversize windows, a fireplace and soaring 19-foot ceilings — some of which are duplexed.
7 This particular two-bedroom residence — boasting 19-foot ceilings, deep oak millwork, a dramatic stone-column stairwell and even a two-story bathroom — hasn't changed hands in two decades.
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7 A bedroom.
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7 A den.
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A grand stone-column stairwell punctuates the center of the home, while one of the more eccentric features is a two-story bathroom with a staircase leading to a sunken soaking tub.
A terrace runs the length of the apartment and overlooks 73rd Street.
For buyers seeking even more grandeur, the building's penthouse — complete with its own squash court — is also currently for sale, listed by longtime Sotheby's auctioneer David Redden.
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