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Howard Mansion and Carriage House

Howard Mansion and Carriage House
Howard Mansion and Carriage House is located in New York
Howard Mansion and Carriage House
Howard Mansion and Carriage House is located in the US
Howard Mansion and Carriage House
Location Howard Blvd., Hyde Park, New York
Coordinates 41°47′53″N 73°56′5″W / 41.79806°N 73.93472°W / 41.79806; -73.93472Coordinates: 41°47′53″N 73°56′5″W / 41.79806°N 73.93472°W / 41.79806; -73.93472
Area 12.9 acres (5.2 ha)
Built 1896
Architect McKim, Charles F.
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 93000862
Added to NRHP August 19, 1993

Howard Mansion and Carriage House is a historic mansion and carriage house in Hyde Park, New York. It was designed by architect Charles Follen McKim (1847-1909) and built in 1896. It is a two-story, six-bay, eclectic dwelling built of uncoursed fieldstone. The house is rectangular in plan and has a wood shingled roof with overhanging twin gables. The front entrance is a Dutch door and features a portico supported by two square, bracketed columns. The carriage house is a two-story, wood frame, stucco covered, Tudor style building built in 1901. It features a two-story, polygonal bay with a polygonal roof. Frederick W. Vanderbilt had the house built for his nephew, Thomas H. Howard.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.



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