This particular mansion, however, was made for Mary Augusta King, the daughter of John King, the governor of New York from 1857 to 1858. A widow, her husband, a different John King, left her a $5 million estate—equivalent to a whopping $113 million today—part of which she spent on commissioning architects James R. Turner and William G. Killian to construct her Fifth Avenue digs.991 Fifth Avenue has changed hands only a few times since.
The property been in the hands of the American Irish Historical Society since 1939. The group has used the mansion as a library to house 10,000 books—including the first printing of the Bible into Irish in 1685—an extensive collection of vinyl records and letters from the White House from Franklin Delano Roosevelt back when he was a Society member. 991 Fifth Avenue has also been used as a site for hosting Society events.In other words, it hasn’t been lived in for over 80 years.
I wonder how many Legitimate ghosts come with the purchase?
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