Christie’s International Real Estate, with Brown Harris Stevens, Proudly Offers the Storied Fifth Avenue Estate of Huguette M. Clark

New York, New York - The Manhattan apartments of Huguette M. Clark, the copper heiress who died in May, 2011 at the age of 104, are officially on the market. Mary Rutherfurd and Leslie Coleman of Brown Harris Stevens are representing these historic properties, which overlook Central Park’s model boat pond, with international marketing services provided by Christie’s International Real Estate.

907 Fifth Avenue is a limestone clad, Italian palazzo-style cooperative building on 72nd Street designed by renowned architect J.E.R. Carpenter in 1915. Two of Mrs. Clark’s apartments make up the entire eighth floor; the third occupies half of the 12th floor. The floor plans of her sprawling residences, which need renovation, are being made public for the first time ever.

“We are honored to present to the international stage these historic properties, so inextricably tied to one of the most storied American families,” says Kathleen Coumou, Senior Vice President for Christie’s International Real Estate. “The Fifth Avenue location is beyond compare.”

To enter apartment 12W is to be transported back to another era. Mrs. Clark resided here from the 1920s and it is believed that many of the rooms embellished with ornate moldings were designed at that time by French & Company in the Louis XVI style. The residence, comprising 14 rooms, stretches the full length of the Fifth Avenue façade of the building, offering over 100 feet of frontage on the Avenue and exceptional views of Central Park and the West Side skyline. Light streams through the nine oversized windows on the Fifth Avenue exposure. The magnificent 37- foot gallery features 11-foot ceilings, stone door surrounds, linen-fold panel doors, and beautiful herringbone floors. From the corner master bedroom, views can be enjoyed over the model boat pond all the way north to the George Washington Bridge. 

“Butterfield 8” – the exchange number found on the old dial telephone - sets the tone for what Apartment 8W represents: timeless grace, high style, and prime location. Highlights include over 100 feet of frontage on Fifth Avenue, sweeping views above the trees of Central Park through nine enormous windows, a grand 37-foot paneled gallery, 10 rooms, and a flexible layout.

Elegance defines Apartment 8E, the grand home which faces north onto 72nd Street. The extraordinary 47-by-13 foot windowed gallery, with beautiful herringbone floors, opens to the 29-foot corner living room; library, reception room, and formal dining room. All spaces are generously proportioned and flooded with light through oversized windows. The ceilings are high and the walls are expansive– an art collector’s dream. 

The story of Huguette Clark, the youngest daughter of William Andrews Clark, begins with her father’s astounding success investing in Montana and Arizona copper mines. He went on to amass a fortune in banks, railroads, newspapers, sugar, tea, timber, and real estate so vast that the Clarks challenged the Rockefellers as America’s wealthiest family in the early 1900s. 

The Clark family has been tied to New York’s luxury real estate for decades. After he retired from the Senate in 1907, William and his wife Anna moved their two daughters, Andrée and Huguette, into a grand 121-room mansion on Fifth Avenue at 77th Street. The building has since been demolished.

After the deaths of Andrée, in 1919, and William Andrews Clark in 1925, Anna and Huguette moved five blocks down Fifth Avenue, to the Italian-Renaissance apartment building at 72nd Street.