It could be said that New York City home has a story to tell. The townhouse at 1145 Park Avenue was built in 1885 and has a classic limestone facade. The 4,200 sq ft. four-bedroom, five-story townhouse was redesigned by architect Emery Roth in 1921. In the 1920s glamorous Hope Hampton, start of silent films […]The post Hope Hampton and the History of One NYC Townhouse appeared first on Pursuitist.

It could be said that New York City home has a story to tell.The townhouse at 1145 Park Avenue was built in 1885 and has a classic limestone facade. The 4,200 sq ft. four-bedroom, five-story townhouse was redesigned by architect Emery Roth in 1921.In the 1920s glamorous Hope Hampton, start of silent films and later an opera singer, made headlines when she purchased the home. Later it was revealed that her manager, Jules Brulatour secretly bought the property and was married to Hampton. Her new husband lived just two blocks away at 1207 Park Avenue, so that Hampton could continue to enjoy the publicly single life. He died in 1946 and in the 1950s and 1960s, Hampton was known as the Duchess of Park Avenue and entertained many bold-faced names in her opulent home.Prizing glamour above all, she was famed for her furs and collection of Norell gowns. No ordinary socialite, Hampton changed with the times, continuing to make the scene into her 60s. In 1962, at the age of 64, she was named Miss Twist at the Peppermint Lounge where the dance The Twist was born and in 1978, she was crow...