Howard Mansion and Carriage House

Howard Mansion and Carriage House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Howard Blvd., Hyde Park, New York
Coordinates	41°47′53″N73°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 No.	93000862 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1993

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 (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. ^[2]

National Register of Historic Places

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. ^[1]

See also

• Thomas H. Howard
• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. John A. Bonafide (January 1993). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Howard Mansion and Carriage House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 28, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)