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(For more information, see Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series: Subject Files, File #251). Also that year, Frick began to make plans for the construction of his own New York residence by purchasing land at the corner of 70th Street and Fifth Avenue.
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(For lease and other information about 640 Fifth Avenue, see Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series: Subject Files, File #242.)Įagle Rock, the Frick family's summer home in Prides Crossing, Mass., was completed the next year, in 1906. In 1905, Frick leased the Vanderbilt mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue in New York, which he and his family would occupy for the next nine years. After his break with Carnegie, Frick began spending less time in Pittsburgh, and soon established additional residences in New York and Massachusetts. The couple purchased a house (Clayton) in Pittsburgh's East End, and had four children: Childs Frick (1883-1965), Martha Howard Frick (1885-1891), Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), and Henry Clay Frick, Jr. In December 1881, Frick married Adelaide Howard Childs of Pittsburgh. The 1892 Homestead Strike further strained relations between the two men, and in 1899, Frick permanently severed his relationship with Carnegie. During his tenure as chairman, differences between Frick and Carnegie emerged, most significantly in their approach to labor issues. (later Carnegie Steel Co.) in 1889, and served in that capacity until his resignation from the company in December 1899. Frick assumed the chairmanship of Carnegie Bros. Over the next decade, he continued to expand his business through the acquisition of more coal lands and coke ovens, and entered into partnership with fellow industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1882. In 1871, he borrowed money to purchase a share in a coking concern that would eventually become the H.C. Born into modest circumstances in West Overton, Pa., Frick ended his formal education by the mid-1860s. Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector who made his fortune in the coal, coke, steel, and railroad industries. The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.