page_title: William A. Clark House
section_title: Exterior
hierarchical_section_title: William A. Clark House / History / Exterior
caption_attribution_description: English: Fifth Avenue and 77th Street in New York City, winter 1905-06
context_page_description: The William A. Clark House, nicknamed "Clark's Folly", was a mansion located at 962 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of its intersection with East 77th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was demolished in 1927 and replaced with a luxury apartment building.
context_section_description: The house had 250 feet on 77th Street and 77 feet on Fifth Avenue, more than any other rich man on Fifth opposite the park, except for Andrew Carnegie.  The Fifth Avenue front was large for a New York house, with three bays of granite.
  On 77th Street, the house featured a long facade rising to a steep mansard roof. The house featured a spectacular four-sided tower with a three-story-high inward-curving arch topped by an open pergola that was said to have been visible from almost anywhere in Central Park.
caption: Fifth Avenue and 77th Street in New York City (winter 1905–1906)
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