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unusual facts about Ogden Codman, Jr.


Ogden Codman, Jr. House

The house was designed by Ogden Codman, Jr. and built from 1912-13 on 18th century French architectural style.


Ogden Codman, Jr.

 Woodward Haven (1908–09) is now occupied by Acquavella Galleries.

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The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission later described the facade of number 7 as being "full of gaiety and frivolous vitality" and further, "on approaching the house, Paris and the Champs-Élysées immediately come to mind."

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On October 8, 1904, Codman married Leila Griswold Webb, widow of railroad magnate H. Walter Webb.

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In 1920, Codman left New York to return to France, where he spent the last thirty-one years of his life at the Château de Grégy, wintering at Villa Leopolda in Villefranche-sur-Mer, which he created by assembling a number of vernacular structures and their sites: it is his masterpiece, the fullest surviving expression of his esthetic.


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