Sohmer Piano Company would soon occupy another Corn-Maynicke building at No. The neighborhood was home by now to several piano and organ firms-the Fischer Piano Company, Chickering Piano, and Decker Piano among them. The realistic palm frond decorations are typical of Robert Maynicke designs. Decorative elements like the striking palm-backed cartouches that adorned the spandrels between each floor, were signature Maynicke touches. Clad in brick with terra cotta trim, it was stately and handsome, but not exceptional. The eight-story neo-Renaissance structure was a typical Corn-Maynicke collaboration. 97 Fifth Avenue.Ĭonstruction on the building began in 1897 and was completed the following year. Working most often with architect Robert Maynicke, he replaced one mansion after another with modern loft buildings. Real estate operator Henry Corn was highly responsible for the transformation of lower Fifth Avenue. The Braumuller residence would soon become another victim. 97 Fifth Avenue had almost completely changed from one of private mansions to commercial buildings. Braumuller's room."Īt the time of the divorce proceedings the neighborhood around No. Two of the witnesses were Braumiller servants, who testified "to having found Holcombe's nightclothes in Mrs. Proper Victorian women were no doubt shocked when they read account of the hearing in The Evening World on January 22, 1894.
It would seem that art was not the only lessons the boy received.īraumuller sued her for divorced, claiming she had become "too friendly" with the teen. Trouble ensued after an 18-year old friend of her son, W.
Luetta held art classes in the Fifth Avenue house. The newspaper described her as "about thirty-five years old, dresses stylishly and wears glasses. Perhaps even more well known than her husband, The Evening World called her "an artist of considerable reputation." The editor of China Decorator, she had been awarded several medals at the Chicago World's Exposition where she also gave an address. Braumuller, whom he had married in August 1876, remained behind.
Braumuller, president of the Braumuller Piano Company, left the four-story house at the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 17th Street for good.
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