Here's Your Comprehensive History of the Steinway Mansion...

On Friday Curbed published an awesome, detailed history of the Steinway Mansion. The story follows the initial purchase of the 440 acres by the optician Benjamin Pike, Jr., and his father, Benjamin Pike, Sr., who constructed the 27-room Italianate villa. The Steinway family purchased the home from the Pikes for $127,000 in 1870, brought the family business to Astoria, and the rest is history. Read about the past and the uncertain present (it may or may not be in contract) of the Steinway Mansion right over here…

Parsing The Steinway Mansion’s Rich Past & Uncertain Future [Curbed]
Steinway Mansion coverage [Q’Stoner]

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