Lavish Upper East Side Mansions Bought By Paper Magnate

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A pair of landmarked Upper East Side mansions have been purchased together by an art collector and heir to a paper fortune.

The George F. Baker Jr. Houses at 67-69 East 93rd St. were sold last month for $20 million to magnate Peter Brant, city records show. The sale was first reported by The Real Deal.

The two townhouses were built between 1929 and 1931 by architects Delano & Aldrich, part of an addition to an existing mansion at 75 East 93rd St., on the corner of Park Avenue. Financier George F. Baker, Jr. bought the mansion in 1926 and funded the expansions.

First listed at $25 million in May, the mansions are "perfectly preserved," boasting "spectacular proportions and original architectural details" including a five-car parking garage, a garden-facing colonnade, a wood-burning fireplace and original marble floors, according to the listing by Compass.

Other amenities include a four-story staircase topped by a round skylight, a large oval dining room, floor-to-ceiling casement windows and wall niches meant for displaying sculptures. The two homes have six bedrooms and eight full bathrooms combined, adding up to 12,000 square feet.

Brant, 74, is the longtime CEO of White Birch Paper, a business he inherited from his father. He was raised in Jamaica Estates, Queens, where he was a friend of Donald Trump's.

See inside the mansions via their listing on Compass.