Howard Mansion and Carriage House

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[1]
Added to NRHP August 19, 1993

Howard Mansion and Carriage House is a historic mansion and carriage house located at Hyde Park in Dutchess County, New York. It was designed by noted architect Charles Follen McKim (1847-1909) and built in 1896. It is a two-story, six-bay, eclectic dwelling built of uncoursed fieldstone. It 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. The home was built by Frederick W. Vanderbilt for his nephew, Thomas H. Howard.[2]

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

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