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    The Payne Whitney House is a historic building at 972 Fifth Avenue, south of 79th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was...
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    William Payne Whitney (March 20, 1876 – May 25, 1927) was an American businessman and member of the influential Whitney family. He inherited a fortune...
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    Flora Payne Whitney, also known as Flora Whitney Miller (July 27, 1897 – July 18, 1986), was an American artist and socialite, art collector, and patron...
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    Harry Payne Whitney (April 29, 1872 – October 26, 1930) was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family...
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    Dorothy Payne Elmhirst (née Whitney, previously Straight; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist,...
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    Whitney Farm Dartington Hall David Whitney House Eli Whitney Gun Factory The Elms Greentree Greenwood Plantation Joye Cottage Llangollen Farm Payne Whitney...
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    and translations from French into English. It is located in the Payne Whitney House at 972 Fifth Avenue, between 78th and 79th Streets. In addition to...
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  • inheriting it. Joan Whitney was born in New York City, the daughter of William Payne Whitney and Helen Julia Hay. Her brother was John Hay Whitney. She inherited...
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  • Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (March 21, 1874 – November 22, 1916), was an American heiress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was born in...
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  • The Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic (PWC) was a hospital in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, which was founded by an endowment bestowed...
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    The Payne Whitney Gymnasium is the gymnasium of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the largest athletic facilities ever built, its twelve...
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  • Hay Whitney. The Whitneys' family mansion, Payne Whitney House on New York's Fifth Avenue, was around the corner from James B. Duke House, home of the founder...
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    The William C. Whitney House was a mansion located on 871 Fifth Avenue and 68th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was originally...
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    73.9665989°W / 40.771604; -73.9665989 The Herbert N. Straus House is a large town house at 9 East 71st Street, just east of Fifth Avenue, on the Upper...
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    Flora Payne Whitney (January 25, 1842 – February 5, 1893) was an American socialite and philanthropist, originally from Cleveland, Ohio who moved to New...
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    Oliver Gould Jennings House Payne Whitney House Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House Stuyvesant Fish House William Starr Miller House Yorkville Bank Building...
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    The Mrs. William B. Astor House was a mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, at 840-841 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of 65th...
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    moved to White Plains, New York in 1891, where it eventually became the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, now known as "New York-Presbyterian/Westchester"...
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    during its original run, she starred in the TBS sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne, a BET revival of the show was announced in 2020. Her other series regular...
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    (1892), Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, NY Payne Whitney House (1902–1906), New York City Benjamin Walworth Arnold House (1902), Albany, NY White's extensive...
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    Payne Whitney (1876–1927), who married Helen Julia Hay (1875–1944) Oliver Whitney (1878–1883), who died aged 5[citation needed] Dorothy Payne Whitney...
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    hall for upperclassmen located in Cooper Square, a 12-story building to house 270 students In 2017, just under 2,000 students were enrolled representing...
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    Gertrude and Harry Whitney had three children: Flora Payne Whitney (1897–1986) Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1992) Barbara Whitney (1903–1983; m. 1960...
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    Oliver Gould Jennings House Payne Whitney House Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House Stuyvesant Fish House William Starr Miller House Yorkville Bank Building...
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    Bill Clinton followed. The Carlyle became known as "the New York White House" during the administration of President John F. Kennedy, who maintained...
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    New York City. 1040 is one of the tallest of the limestone-clad apartment houses on Fifth Avenue. The prominent 18-story structure has one of the most distinctive...
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  • was available for financial assistance. A separate building, the "Field House" on East 87th Street, has facilities for physical education and athletics...
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    businessman Grover Whalen, politician Stanford White, architect William Payne Whitney, businessman Charles A. Whittier, military general Albert H. Wiggin...
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    George Whitney. All were designated city landmarks by 1967, the first group of houses on the Upper East Side so recognized. In 1980, all four houses were...
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    sites include the Payne Whitney House and the Isaac D. Fletcher (now Harry F. Sinclair) House to the north, the Stuyvesant Fish House to the east, and...
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