Bati an 1866, nimewo 238 la monte senk etaj sou yon sousòl. Li gen apeprè 4,600 pye kare sou yon teren ki mezire 19 pa 100 pye, yon fasad ki gen koulè kalkè epi ki fèk restore, ansanm ak yon asansè ki gen panno epi ki sèvi chak nivo. Enteryè li yo te pran fòm anba enfliyans moun ki te rete ladan l nan ane 1960 yo, Pierre Scapula, desinatè parisyen ki te resevwa kòmand pou dekore enteryè yat Stavros Niarchos yo ansanm ak kay Princess Lee Radziwill nan Nouyòk ak Pari. Se Scapula ki responsab anbyans franse nou wè nan kay la jodi a. Annapre, kay la te vin rezidans Nouyòk premye Reprezantan Inyon Ewopeyen an bò kote Nasyonzini. Kounye a, li restore selon pi wo estanda kalite mize, nan lespri dizwityèm syèk la.

Lè w antre, ou jwenn sekans chanm ki obligatwa nan achitekti kay vil klasik la: antichanm, Gran Salon ak Salon Resepsyon.

Premyèman, ou rive nan Fwaye a, ki gen gwosè yon chanm epi ki bay aksè ak tout kay la atravè asansè a, pandan li garanti vi prive lòt etaj yo. Isit la, panno yo senp, yo fèt dapre modèl Sal Gad ki deyò suite prive Louis XV la nan Vèsay; modèl planche mab la, bwat depo bombé a, miwa yo ak aplik yo tout apwopriye pou epòk la. Yon pandri pou envite ak Sal Poud an lò ak oniks la, nan stil Rokoko flanbwayan, louvri soti ladan l.

Apre sa, ou monte gwo eskalye a, ki pa fèmen nèt ak mi epi ki pèmèt yon koneksyon vizyèl soti nan espas ki anba a rive nan miwa yo ak chandelye kristal Gran Salon an. Isit la gen plafon ki mezire douz pye wotè, ansanm ak panno ak yon chemine nan stil Île-de-France ki gen twasan ane; Scapula te fè yo vini soti an Frans. Chemine ki boule bwa a fonksyone. Gwo miwa trumeau a gen yon penti Nicolas Lancret (1690–1742), epi ansyen chandelye kristal elektrik la te soti nan rezidans Baroness Albuquerque nan Dakota a. De pòt franse ki menm gwosè louvri sou yon balkon ki bay sou trankilite jaden an. Planche Parquet de Versailles, mèb antik ak yon sistèm son entegre konplete chanm eksepsyonèl sa a.

Bò kote l, gen Salon Resepsyon an, Scapula te dekore kòm yon Salle de Glace, oswa chanm miwa, kote li te repwodui yon stil dizwityèm syèk moun te renmen, avèk panno ki gen pwopòsyon otantik ak moulir ki kouvri ak fèy lò. Etajè liv ki fèmen, aparèy ekleraj an kwiv doré ak yon gwo biwo pèmèt sèvi ak espas la kòm biwo, bibliyotèk oswa lòt espas pou resevwa envite.

Yon etaj pi wo, gen Suite Prensipal la, ki gen panno an pye bwadchenn franse ak yon fini au cappuccine. Chemine franse enpòte a gen yon mural sou twal anlè li ki gen plis pase san ane, “Konstriksyon Fowòm Wòm nan,” premye pwopriyetè nimewo 238 la te pote tounen Nouyòk apre lalin myèl li. Gen de pandri kote moun ka antre ladan yo ak espas depo entegre; bò kote l, gen twalèt an mab Carrara blan, avèk yon basen pou tranpe ki mezire sis pye ak de lavabo.

Nan menm etaj la, devan bilding lan, gen Chanm Envite a, ki dekore nan stil yon ti Chambre de Parade epi ki remakab pou rido kabann li yo ak panno li yo. Mi yo kouvri ak swa Scalamandré, epi chanm nan gen mèb nan stil Louis XV. Twalèt prive ki gen fenèt la fini ak mab vèt, ansanm ak yon gwo lavabo twalèt an mab vyolèt ki ra anpil; twalèt abiye a gen pandri ak espas depo entegre.

Nan etaj ki pi wo a, gen yon chanm dekore nan stil Venezyen ki bay sou jaden an, avèk yon chemine, twa fenèt ki panche epi ki louvri, yon chanm abiye ak yon lavabo blan ansanm ak aparèy ak pye an lò, yon pandri kote moun ka antre ladan l, ak yon twalèt ki fini ak senk kalite mab. Devan an, gen yon suite pou anplwaye ki gen de chanm ak yon twalèt; yo ka fèmen l apa de rès kay la epi yo ka rive ladan l ak asansè. Menm isit la, mèvèy pa manke: tèt kabann lan se yon moulaj an kwiv ki gen kalite siperyè, ki kounye a sanble li te soti nan yon panèl anlè pòt ki te sou fasad nò Grand Central Terminal, ki depi lontan kraze.

Finalman, penthouse senkyèm etaj la, ki fèt nan yon stil modèn mitan syèk la, totalman diferan de rès th

Built in 1866, Number 238 rises five stories over a cellar. It has approximately 4,600 square feet on a 19 by 100-foot lot, a newly restored limestone-toned facade, and a paneled elevator serving every level. Its interiors were shaped by its 1960s occupant, Pierre Scapula, the Parisian designer whose commissions included yacht interiors for Stavros Niarchos and the New York and Paris homes of Princess Lee Radziwill. Scapula is responsible for the French ambiance we see in the house today. Later, the house became the New York residence of the first European Union Representative to the United Nations. At present it is restored to museum quality standard in the spirit of the eighteenth century.

Upon entering you are greeted by the sequence of rooms mandatory to classic townhouse architecture: Anteroom, Grand Salon and Drawing Room.

First, you arrive at the room-size Foyer, which provides access to the whole house by elevator while assuring privacy to the other floors. Here the paneling is simple, patterned after the Guard Hall outside the Louis XV private suite at Versailles, and the marble flooring pattern, the bombé chest, the mirrors and the sconces are all appropriate to the period. A guest closet and the Gold and Onyx Powder Room, in the flamboyant Rococo style, open off it.

Next, you ascend the wide stairway, which is not fully enclosed by walls and allows a visual connection from the space below to the mirrors and crystal chandelier of the Grand Salon. Here are twelve-foot ceilings and three-hundred-year-old Île-de-France style paneling and a fireplace, both brought from France by Scapula. The woodburning fireplace works. The large mirror trumeau contains a painting by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1742), and the electrified antique crystal chandelier came from the residence of the Baroness Albuquerque in the Dakota. Twin French doors open to a balcony overlooking the tranquility of the garden. Parquet de Versailles flooring, antique furnishing and an integrated sound system complete this exceptional room.

Adjoining is the Drawing Room, styled by Scapula as a Salle de Glace, or mirror room, in which he replicated an eighteenth-century favorite with authentically proportioned panels and gold leaf moldings. Enclosed bookcases, doré bronze lighting fixtures and a large desk allow the space to be used as an office, a library or additional entertaining space.

One floor above is the Primary Suite, paneled in French oak in an au cappuccine finish. The imported French fireplace is topped by a canvas mural more than a hundred years old, "The Construction of the Roman Forum," brought back to New York from his honeymoon by the first owner of 238. There are two walk-in closets and built-in storage, and adjoining is the white Carrara marble bath with a six-foot soaking tub and double sinks.

On the same floor, at the front of the building, is the Guest Room, styled in the manner of a small Chambre de Parade and notable for its bed hangings and paneling. The walls are covered in Scalamandré silk, and the room is furnished in the Louis XV style. The ensuite windowed bath is finished in green marble with a large, rare purple marble vanity sink, and the dressing bath contains closets and built-in storage.

On the floor above is a Venetian decorated bedroom overlooking the garden, with a fireplace, three tilt-and-turn windows, a dressing room with a white vanity sink and gold fixtures and legs, a walk-in closet, and a bathroom finished in five kinds of marble. At the front there is a two-room-and-bath staff suite which can be shut off from the rest of the house and reached by elevator. Even here wonders abound: the headboard is a high-quality bronze casting that now appears to have come from an overdoor panel of the long-demolished north facade of Grand Central Terminal.

At last , the fifth-floor penthouse, done in a mid-century modern style, entirely different from the rest of th