Andrew Carnegie Mansion, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (1902)*

Artist/Designer: Babb, Cook & Willard

Project Location: New York, United States

Figure 1: Babb, Cook & Willard, Andrew Carnegie Mansion (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum). Source: Unknown, New York – Exterior of the Carnegie Mansion. 1976, Photograph.Available from: Wikipedia Commons (also available in the Smithsonian Institution Digital Archive) ( Source | Accessed : April 8, 2015 )

Figure 2: Babb, Cook & Willard, Andrew Carnegie Mansion (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum). Source: Museum City of New York, New York – Mr. Carnegie's Study. Photograph. ( Source | Accessed : April 8, 2015 )

Figure 3: Babb, Cook & Willard, Andrew Carnegie Mansion (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum). Source: Museum City of New York, New York – Library at the Carnegie Mansion. Photograph. ( Source | Accessed : April 8, 2015 )

Figure 4: Babb, Cook & Willard, Andrew Carnegie Mansion (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum). Source: ©Bettman/Corbis, New York –Lower Hallway of the Carnegie Mansion. Photograph ( Source | Accessed : April 8, 2015 )

Figure 5: Babb, Cook & Willard, Andrew Carnegie Mansion (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum). Source: Richard Marchand, New York – Basement (bottom) Through Third Floor Plans. Photograph. ( Source | Accessed : April 8, 2015 )

Style/Period(s):
Gilded Age, Colonial Revival

Primary Material(s):
Wood, Paint

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Official Website. | Accessed : April 8, 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie_Mansion | Accessed : November 2, 2018

The Atlantic. "The Museum of the Future is Here." | Accessed : April 8, 2015

Significant Date(s):
19th Century, 20th Century, 1902

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print

Ewing, Heather. Life Of A Mansion. New York: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 2014.

Reed, Henry Hope, and Edmund V Gillon. Beaux-Arts Architecture In New York: A Photographic Guide. New York: Dover Publications, 1988.

Andrew, Dolkart. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum : the Andrew and Louise Carnegie mansion : art spaces. New York? : Scala Publishers in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2002.

Additional Information

Building Address:
2 E 91st St, New York, NY

Supporting Staff/ Designers
N/A

Significant Dates
Construction: 1899-1902

Tags
Cooper Hewitt, Gilded Era, Colonial Revival

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