Fifth Avenue Rockefeller pedigree listed

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Nelson Rockefeller, who served as the vice-president of the United States and governor of New York, amassed an impressive real estate portfolio. One of his former properties at 810 Fifth Avenue, part of Manhattan's real estate lore, is on the market for $27.5 million dollars.

According to Zillow’s real estate blog, the Nelson Rockefeller residence occupies a large segment of the 12th floor with views over Central Park. Kirk Henckels, executive vice president of Stribling, the listing brokerage, says the place was even bigger once since Rockefeller purchased an apartment on an adjacent floor in the building next door, 812 Fifth Avenue, and joined up the two apartments. After Rockefeller’s death, his second wife separated the two apartments and sold the one at 810 Fifth Avenue to the current vendors.

It comes with a 14-metre-long living room with two fireplaces, formal dining room and a library. The apartment is the place where in 1960, the aspiring Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon was summoned for dinner and a private meeting. Nixon wanted a clear path to the White House, but Rockefeller, leader of the liberal wing of the Republican Party, used his clout. History calls Rockefeller’s apartment the place where “The Treaty of Fifth Avenue” was agreed upon. Nixon failed to beat John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, but it was the closest outcome since 1916. The conservatives and moderates are still at odds with each other. 

Before expanding sideways Rockerfeller actually owned the top three floors of 810 Fifth Avenue, the 1926 co-op building, but following his divorce, the vice-president kept the bottom floor for himself and gave the top two floors to his ex-wife, Mary.