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Property Description

THE ROTHSCHILD MANSION
THE WALTER N. ROTHSCHILD MANSION ON THE LEHMAN GARDENS

HISTORY OF THE GARDENS

The common rear gardens on East 70th Street between Madison and Park Avenues create an open enclave measuring 66 feet wide and 103 feet deep, behind three massive mansions on East 70th Street and four on East 71st, a concept of rare civility in New York which dates to 1928.
The creator of the gardens, Alfred Rheinstein, took 42 East 71st Street for his family, and persuaded five of the other six owners to use his magnificent architect, Aymar Embury II, and the seventh owner at 45 East 70th Street choose Mott Schmidt to design his home in a manner consistent with Embury's style. It is a visual pleasure to note that the rear facades of these seven mansions are as carefully crafted as their front facades, as they were designed to be part of the elegant garden environment.

41 East 70th Street was built for Walter N. and Carola Rothschild and is available for sale. Carola was the daughter of Felix M. Warburg, and grew up in the mansion on Fifth Avenue and 92 Street which is now a museum; Mr. Rothschild was the Chairman of Abraham & Strauss. 45 East 70th Street was built for Arthur S. and Adele Lehman, the son of one of the founders of Lehman Brothers. Across from her parents, at 46 East 71st Street, lived Dorothy Lehman Bernhard and her husband, Richard, also a banker, lending the Lehman name to the unofficial name of the gardens. All seven families shared the giant garden where the children and dogs played in their private paradise. Today, low fences define individual gardens, but the green and peaceful impact remains intact.

THE ARCHITECT

Aymar Embury II provided the architecture in this unique enclave with distinctive yet remarkable cohesion. He had dealt with unusual projects such as the Triboro Bridge, the Whitestone Bridge, and the original zoo buildings in Central Park. While he designed several other resid

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