Mary Lillian Duke Biddle was an American philanthropist.
Mary Duke Biddle
Biddle in 1916
The Benjamin N. Duke House, also the Duke–Semans Mansion and the Benjamin N. and Sarah Duke House, is a mansion at 1009 Fifth Avenue, at the southeast corner with 82nd Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built between 1899 and 1901 and was designed by the firm of Welch, Smith & Provot. The house, along with three other mansions on the same block, was built speculatively by developers William W. Hall and Thomas M. Hall. The Benjamin N. Duke House is one of a few remaining private mansions along Fifth Avenue. It is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The mansion in 2010
Part of the facade on 82nd Street
View of the Fifth Avenue facade from ground level
Viewed from the steps of The Met Fifth Avenue, across Fifth Avenue