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George Tuttle Brokaw

Birth: 14 Nov 1879
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death: 28 May 1935 (aged 55)
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section G, Lot 92, vault
Memorial ID: 51465810 View Source

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Isaac Vail Brokaw

1835–1913
Elvira Tuttle Gould Brokaw

1840–1925

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Clare Boothe Luce

1903–1987 (m. 1923)
Frances Ford Seymour

1908–1950 (m. 1931)

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Frederick Brokaw

1866–1891
Grace Brokaw

1867–1868
Isaac Irving Brokaw

1871–1939
Elvira Gould Brokaw McNair

1872–1958
Howard Crosby Brokaw

1875–1960
Ernest Brokaw

1879–1881

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Ann Clare Brokaw

1924–1944
Frances Sophia De Villers Brokaw Corrias

1931–2008

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George Tuttle Brokaw with first wife, Clare Booth Luce (her first husband, as well)

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The Brokaw Mansion used to stand at the corner of 79th and Fifth, but 50 years ago today, demolition started. Built by Isaac Vail Brokaw, a clothing merchant with a rags-to-riches life story, the turreted home was modeled after a 16th-century Loire Valley chateau... even though it was completed in 1890.
One of a stretch of Gilded Age mansions that lined the avenue at the time; it was nicknamed Millionaire's Row. (How quaint.)
His son eventually inherited the main house, plus the three townhouses Brokaw the elder had built for each child.
george Brokaw wanted to tear it down himself, but family members stopped him.
But after his death, the historic homes ultimately sold to the Institute of Radio Engineers, which used them as office space.
The institute then sold the parcels to a real estate developer, who (unsurprisingly) readied the wrecking ball in order to build a high-rise apartment building in 1964.
he outcry over the impending demolition made headlines, in part because it piggybacked on the destruction of the old Penn Station. Though the mansion wasn't saved, it helped spark the passage of New York City's landmarks law, which is what preserves designated historic buildings and districts to this day. The law, too, turns 50 this year, and Curbed NY is going to devote special coverage to landmarks all year long. (Like mapping the first 38 landmarks ever.)
https://ny.curbed.com/2015/2/6/9994512/50-years-ago-today-this-grand-mansion-met-a-wrecking-ball

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