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.

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Carnegie Mansion 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gilded Age mansion
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
stone trim
functionedAs family home of Andrew Carnegie
hasFeature ballroom-sized entertaining spaces
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
New York City Landmark
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Manhattan
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

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Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum occupies Andrew Carnegie Mansion
this entity surface form: Carnegie Mansion