Herbert N. Straus House

40°46′18″N 73°58′00″W / 40.771604°N 73.9665989°W / 40.771604; -73.9665989

View of 9 East 71st Street
Main entrance of the house

The Herbert N. Straus House is a large town house at 9 East 71st Street, just east of Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The exterior was designed by Horace Trumbauer,[1] and completed in 1932. A roof extension was added in 1977.[2] The size of the house was believed to be 21,000 square feet (2,000 m2) in the late 1980s, and by 2003 had been enlarged to 51,000 square feet (4,700 m2), spread over nine floors.[3][4] A 15-foot high (4.6 m) oak door and large arched windows are distinctive features of the limestone exterior.[4] A heated sidewalk is located in front of the house.[5]

Vicky Ward in 2003 described the house as "the crown jewel of the city's residential town houses...it sits on—or, rather, commands—the block of 71st Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues. Almost ludicrously out of proportion with its four- and five-story neighbors, it seems more like an institution than a house" and that it was believed to be the largest private residence in Manhattan.[4] The house's 2008 property tax bill was the fourth highest for a single residence in New York City.[6] In 2019 it was valued at $77 million by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and at $56 million by the New York City Department of Finance.[6]

  1. ^ Michael C. Kathrens; Richard C. Marchand; Eleanor Weller (2002). American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer. Acanthus Pr Llc. ISBN 978-0926494220.
  2. ^ Norval White; Elliot Willensky; Fran Leadon (June 9, 2010). AIA Guide to New York City. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-19-538386-7.
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  6. ^ a b Matthew Haag (July 8, 2019). "$56 Million Upper East Side Mansion Where Epstein Allegedly Abused Girls". New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2019.