Andrew Carnegie Mansion
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The Andrew Carnegie Mansion is a historic Gilded Age residence on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, originally built for industrialist Andrew Carnegie and now housing a major design museum.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carnegie Mansion | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gilded Age mansion
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historic house ⓘ museum building ⓘ |
| architect |
Delano & Aldrich
ⓘ
surface form:
Babb, Cook & Willard
Thomas Hastings (firm partner) ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts influences
ⓘ
Georgian Revival ⓘ |
| builtFor | Andrew Carnegie ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1899 ⓘ |
| cornerOf | Fifth Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
headquarters of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| facadeMaterial |
brick
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stone trim ⓘ |
| functionedAs | family home of Andrew Carnegie ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ballroom-sized entertaining spaces
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carriage entrance ⓘ conservatory ⓘ early residential central heating system ⓘ early residential private Otis elevator ⓘ elevator ⓘ formal terrace ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ iron fence surrounding the property ⓘ large private garden ⓘ library ⓘ music room ⓘ ornate wood paneling ⓘ servants’ quarters ⓘ steel-frame construction ⓘ |
| hasGardenDesigner | landscape architect (various, historically) ⓘ |
| historicDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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New York City Landmark ⓘ listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Upper East Side ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Andrew Carnegie ⓘ |
| neighborhood |
Upper East Side
ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Hill
|
| NRHPType | contributing property in a historic district ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 4 ⓘ |
| occupant |
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
|
| openingDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| originalUse | private residence ⓘ |
| overlooks | Central Park ⓘ |
| owner | Smithsonian Institution ⓘ |
| partOf | Museum Mile ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | red tile ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| significantPerson | Andrew Carnegie ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 2 East 91st Street ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Carnegie Mansion