Gloria Vanderbilt's Childhood UES Home Listed For $50M

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The Upper East Side home where the late Gloria Vanderbilt lived for a short time as a child has hit the sales market at an asking price of $50 million, according to real estate listings and reports.

Vanderbilt lived with her family in the six-story townhouse known as the "Vanderbilt Mansion" at 39 E. 72nd St. when she was born, but moved to live with her mother in Paris one year later when her father died. The home was completely renovated in 2018 and split into three separate homes, according to real estate listings.

"Once home to Gloria Vanderbilt, this historic townhouse has been completely restored and is currently set up as three separate units that can easily be recombined in any configuration, used as rental property, or separate guest and staff quarters. This is truly a trophy property," a real estate listing on realtor.com reads.

Luxury features of the 12-bedroom, 11-bathroom home include 12-foot ceilings, three gas-powered fireplaces, kitchens outfitted with limestone floors and top-of-the-line appliances, a roof deck and private elevators in each of the building's three apartments.

The fashion designer and New York socialite died in June at the age of 95 after a diagnosis of advanced stomach cancer. Her son, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, was the first to report of her death.

Vanderbilt was born in Manhattan in 1924 to Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, an heir to part of the family's railroad fortune, and Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. She was forced into the public spotlight at a young age during a custody battle between her mother and her aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, that was dubbed the "trial of the century."

Read Patch's full Vanderbilt obituary here.