https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schwab_House
Completed. 1906. Demolished. 1948. Design and construction. Architect (s) Maurice Hébert. The Charles M. Schwab House (also called Riverside) was a 75-room mansion on Riverside Drive, between 73rd and 74th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was constructed for steel magnate Charles M. Schwab.

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To have it all and lose it, that was the fate of Charles Schwab. He built his New York City mansion in 1906 to be the most modern house of its time, but what

https://twistedsifter.com/videos/what-happened-to-charles-schwabs-mansion-in-manhattan/
Charles M. Schwab built his majestic modern mansion in 1906, 34 years later, the steel magnate would pass away with only pennies to his name. What happened? Built over four years, the mansion boasted 75 rooms filled with only custom materials and cost $6 million (approximately $200 million in today's dollars) and became one of the most prominent homes in the country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/realestate/11streets.html
July 18, 2010. The Streetscapes column last Sunday, about a mansion on Riverside Drive built by the steel titan Charles M. Schwab, misidentified the educational institution that was affiliated at

https://www.theclio.com/entry/83038
In 1939,Schwab's wife died, and within a few weeks, he moved into a hotel. Within a few months, Schwab himself died. ... largely for the same reason that Charles Schwab built his mansion there--the unobstructed views of the river. ... Gray, Christopher. The Late Great Charles Schwab Mansion. New York Times. July 08, 2010. Accessed July 01, 2019

https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/what-happened-to-the-gilded-age-mansions-of-new-york-city-01647545538
Number of rooms: Roughly 40. Cost to build: $3 million, about $83.5 million today. Sold for: Roughly $3.75 million in the 1920s. Demolished: 1926. Today, 660 Fifth Avenue is a 39-story office

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schwab
Early life and education. Schwab was born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, on February 18, 1862, the son of Pauline (née Farabaugh) and John Anthony Schwab. All four of his grandparents were Roman Catholic immigrants from Germany.. Schwab was raised in Loretto, Pennsylvania, which he considered his hometown.His father, John, operated a livery stable in Loretto and also served as a mail-carrier.

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-west-end-avenue-quiet-convenient-diverse-involved.html
The 35-floor, 506-unit rental apartment built in 2000 at 101 West End Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets has its own Web site, 24-hour concierge and doorman, valet parking, a fitness center

https://time.com/archive/6765031/bankrupt-millionaire/
Yet when Charles Schwab died two years ago, at 77, he was broke. A preliminary accounting of his New York estate filed last March listed debts of $2,262,280 (chiefly to banks), assets of only

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/04/08/west-side-chateau
The New Yorker, April 8, 1939 P. 58. A REPORTER AT LARGE. History & description of the Charles M. Schwab mansion. Mr. Schwab became president of the U.S. Steel in 1901 and shortly therafter began

https://www.nydailynews.com/1998/10/25/then-now-the-schwab-mansion/
In 1901, Schwab, the founder of Bethlehem Steel Co., bought an $800,000 tract of land on Riverside Drive between 73rd and 74th Sts. On this full square block, he set about building his castle.

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On the morning of January 13th in the upper right-hand corner of the Sun's front page, readers found a story under the headline "SCHWAB BREAKS THE BANK.". "Charles M. Schwab," it began

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/realestate/streetscapes-readers-questions-west-side-chateau-baptist-church-1-story-studio.html
The Schwab Mansion. Q. When I bought my home at 61 Marine Street on City Island in the Bronx in 1963, the previous owner, John P. Keenan, told me that he had built it using doors and casement

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/american-steel-magnate-charles-m-schwab-blew-fortune-worth-500-800-million-dollars/
Charles M. Schwab built a vast fortune, lived lavishly, and not only went broke, but ended up significantly in debt before his death. This is his wild story of decadence at the turn of the 20th centur

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/01/23/this-month-in-real-estate-history-40/
From the January issue: Steel magnate Charles Schwab bought the first parcels that ultimately made up an entire city block between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue on the Upper West Side 112

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https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/09/09/board-approved-834-fifth-avenue/
Charles and Helen Schwab Unit price: $27,700,000 Charles R. Schwab, Jr. is a philanthropist and the founder of the brokerage firm Charles Schwab & Co. In 2015, his net worth was estimated at $6.9

https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/this-old-pittsburgh-house-the-tycoons-manor/
He was a steel tycoon. Schwab was 17 when he took a job on a survey crew at Andrew Carnegie's new rail mill in Braddock and quickly rocketed up the ranks. In 1889, at the age of 27, Schwab was named Edgar Thomson's superintendent and had a mansion built for himself and his wife, Eurana. Charles soon went on to become president of Carnegie

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/freestanding-manhattan-mansion-making-comeback-205200956.html
A look at how Manhattan's priciest homes reflects the values of the people who buy them.

https://untappedcities.com/2014/10/02/6-lost-mansions-of-the-upper-west-side-and-upper-manhattan/
Following Libby's death, New York mayor Hugh J. Grant bought it, followed by Rockefeller. By 1919, the mansion had become a school for choirboys under a Father Finn, given to the Paulists for

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-M-Schwab
Sept. 18, 1939, New York City (aged 77) Charles M. Schwab (born Feb. 18, 1862, Williamsburg, Pa., U.S.—died Sept. 18, 1939, New York City) was an entrepreneur of the early steel industry in the United States, who served as president of both the Carnegie Steel Company and United States Steel Corporation and later pioneered Bethlehem Steel into

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The Josiah Fiske Mansion of 884 5th Avenue. Josiah Fiske was a young flour entrepreneur in 1850 and moved from Boston to NYC to grow his business. By 1875, he was one of the city's wealthiest. He and his wife bought an open plot and built a mixed-styled mansion that stretched 33 feet along 5th Avenue and 175 feet down 70th Street.