henry t sloane: Manhattan’s famed Sloane mansion going on the auction block
- 05/27/11 12:57 PM
Look back into the history books of New York Society in the late 1800's and read about Henry T. Sloane and the infamous Sloane mansion in Manhattan. Henry T. Sloane was a wealthy carpet manufacturer who furnished the new mansions, hotels and clubs of the New York City. He was also known as a philanthropist who donated two physics laboratories to Yale University. In 1898 a scandal flew through New York society circles in 1898 when Sloane deeded a mansion on the Upper East Side to his wife. Soon after, life became less than idyllic when Sloane's wife, Jessie, … (4 comments)
;)
;)
;)
