Howard Mansion and Carriage House
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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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1993.
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
and carriage house
Carriage house
A carriage house, also called remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.In Great Britain the farm building was called a Cart Shed...
located at Hyde Park
Hyde Park, New York
Hyde Park is a town located in the northwest part of Dutchess County, New York, United States, just north of the city of Poughkeepsie. The town is most famous for being the hometown of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt....
in Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...
. It was designed by noted architect Charles Follen McKim
Charles Follen McKim
Charles Follen McKim FAIA was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White....
(1847-1909) and built in 1896. It is a two story, six bay, eclectic dwelling built of uncoursed fieldstone
Fieldstone
Fieldstone is a building construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally...
. It is rectangular in plan and has a wood shingled roof with overhanging twin gables. The front entrance is a Dutch door
Dutch door
A Dutch door , or stable door , or half door , is a door divided horizontally in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens...
and features a portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
supported by two square, bracketed columns. The carriage house is a two story, wood frame, stucco
Stucco
Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1993.