Howard Mansion and Carriage House


Howard Mansion and Carriage House is a historic mansion and carriage house in Hyde Park, New York.

History

It was designed by architect Charles Follen McKim 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.

National Register of Historic Places

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