: 3rd Floor

Object Details

Description
A four-story Georgian Revival mansion with strong Beaux Arts elements. The building is faced with Flemish-bond brickwork and features heavy limestone quoining and trim around the windows. Above a dentilled cornice sits a stone parapet with decorative urns.
Date
1899–1902
Architect
Babb, Cook & Willard, founded 1877
Client
Andrew Carnegie, American, born Scotland, 1835–1919
Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American, 1857–1946
made in
New York, New York, USA
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Credit Line
Gift of Carnegie Corporation
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Accession Number
Carnegie Mansion
Type
architecture
Exhibitions
Carnegie Mansion
Restrictions & Rights
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Record ID
chndm_Carnegie_Mansion
Metadata Usage
Not determined
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d10d954e-bab3-4db8-93d6-5c732f9ee9dd
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