One of the few remaining single-family mansions designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White has just found a new owner — at a steep discount from its original list price. 

The limestone residence at 973 Fifth Ave., overlooking Central Park, has sold for $46 million after years of price cuts and market stops, according to city records filed last week. However, records also show this ranks among the priciest property sales in New York City so far in 2025.

The 16,000-square-foot Beaux-Arts mansion — built in the early 1900s and restored with painstaking attention to detail — was most recently listed for $49.9 million. 

At its peak, it sought as much as $80 million when it first came to market in 2021. By the end of 2023, the home re-listed for $65 million before reducing its price in March 2024 to $58 million, before it was taken off market. It resurfaced in February 2025 with that latest price of $49.9 million before quickly going into contract several weeks later.

The buyer, operating under the limited liability company “Bliss on 5th LLC,” officially closed on the property on May 21. The new owner could not immediately be further identified by press time, but sources told The Post it’s a non-local family working in the finance sector.

The seller, an entity tied to former Goldman Sachs partner David Leuschen, purchased the mansion in 2012 for $42 million. In the years since, the owner invested heavily in a full-scale renovation aimed at preserving the home’s architectural integrity while integrating modern luxuries.

“Everything was fully either restored or put in brand new,” Corcoran’s Andres Perea-Garzon, who co-listed the property with Carrie Chiang and Lesley Schulhof, previously told The Post. “It’s an homage to Stanford White.”

The brokerage did not respond to renewed requests for comment on the deal. Adam Modlin, of the Modlin Group, represented the buyer in the deal. He declined The Post’s request for comment.

The six-story home is one of just two remaining townhouses in Manhattan that remain true to White’s original single-family design. 

White — whose architectural credits include the Washington Square Arch and the Players Club — was one-third of the famed firm McKim, Mead & White. Most of his residential works have long been repurposed into institutional or commercial uses.

“973 Fifth Avenue is not just an address — it’s a statement of timeless elegance and ambition,” Chiang previously said in a statement. 

“Every corner, every detail tells a story of unparalleled luxury, where history and modernity intertwine. It creates an unforgettable experience for those who are fortunate enough to call it home.”

Indeed, the mansion combines Old World grandeur with 21st-century comforts.

Among its period features: nine woodburning fireplaces, elaborately carved woodwork, stained-glass windows and soaring ceilings. 

Updates include five kitchens, a new elevator, a rooftop terrace with sweeping city views, a steam room finished in Venetian plaster, a silver vault and a climate-controlled wine cellar.

Though much of the architectural flair has been preserved, some original details have evolved. 

“Some of the interiors may have been Stanford White,” the architect’s great-grandson, architect Samuel White, previously told The Post. “But I suspect that the owners over the years have changed the interiors around.”

White’s legacy is not without controversy. 

In 1906, the architect was fatally shot by millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw in a dramatic, high-profile murder atop the original Madison Square Garden, which White designed. The killing, motivated by Thaw’s jealousy over White’s relationship with the showgirl Evelyn Nesbit, remains one of New York’s most sensational scandals.

The sale of 973 Fifth may not have shattered records, but its historical significance and architectural pedigree still made it a coveted gem in a crowded market. 

As Perea-Garzon put it: “This is unbelievably rare.”