Hollins House
12 West 56th Street | Midtown | built 1901
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- 1901
Henry B. Hollins builds a Georgian mansion designed by Stanford White
Banker Henry B. Hollins, a close friend of J. P. Morgan, bought this lot in 1899 and had Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White design a Georgian Revival house of brick and limestone, completed in 1901. Hollins lived there with his wife Evelina and their four children.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1913
The Hollins family leaves after a Wall Street collapse
Henry Hollins's Wall Street brokerage collapsed in 1913, and that October the family quietly moved out of the mansion, leasing it fully furnished to Mrs. John Astor for $25,000 for the winter. In January 1915, Evelina Hollins's art collection was auctioned off for $84,481.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1915
The Calumet Club buys the former Hollins mansion
The Calumet Club purchased the mansion in 1915 for $400,000 and used it as a clubhouse until financial troubles from the Great Depression forced the club to disband and the building was sold at a foreclosure sale in 1935.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1947
Argentina opens its consulate in the former mansion
The government of Argentina bought the building in 1947 for use as its consulate general, after it had briefly served the Salvation Army as a wartime servicemen's canteen. It has remained the Argentine consulate ever since.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1955
The Argentine consulate auctions off Perón family valuables
In 1955, following the overthrow of Argentine president Juan Perón, the consulate housed in the former Hollins mansion held an auction of valuables belonging to the deposed president's family.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- 12 West 56th StreetWikipedia
- Stanford White's 1901 Henry B. Hollins House -- 12-14 West 56th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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