Edward J. Berwind House

The Edward J. Berwind House is a mansion located on 2 East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The structure was designed by Nathan Clark Mellen, with interiors by Jules Allard and sculptor Louis Ardisson.
The mansion was constructed in 1886 for the coal baron Edward J. Berwind, whose company Berwind-White supplied most of the coal used by the US Navy at the time, as well as most of the East Coast railroads and IRT subway trains in New York City. The interiors of the house have been considered one of the grandest in New York City, comparable to the main reading room of the New York Public Library.
The mansion was sold to the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in 1945, then became the headquarters for the American Heart Association until 1978 when it was reconverted to residential use with a new penthouse. Other past tenants include Donna Summer, who lived on the main floor for a few years.