Living Areas, Rockefeller Family Mansion of Kykuit, New York(1913)*

Artist/Designer: Ogden Codman

Project Location: New York, United States

Figure 1: Hallway ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 2: Living Room ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 3: Living Room ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 4: Living Room with Chandelier ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 5: Exterior ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 6: Dining Room ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 7: First Floor Floor Plan ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 8: Second Floor Floor Plan ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Figure 9: Third Floor Floor Plan ( Source | Accessed : November 3, 2016 )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Textile, Wood

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

NY Times Article "The Estate Next Door" | Accessed : January 5, 2021

NY Times Article "Life at Pocantico Then and Now" | Accessed : January 5, 2021

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
"Codman, Ogden." In The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide. London: Helicon Publishing, 2016.

Doyle, David D. ""A Very Proper Bostonian": Rediscovering Ogden Codman and His Late-Nineteenth-Century Queer World." Journal of the History of Sexuality 13, no. 4 (2004): 446-76.

Ivins, William M. "The Ogden Codman Collection." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15, no. 11 (1920): 250-53.

Metcalf, Pauline. Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses. Boston: Boston Athenaeum, 1988.

Peterson, Charles E. "The Ogden Codman Photograph Collection." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 12, no. 3 (1953): 27.

Wharton, Edith, and Ogden Codman. The Decoration of Houses. New York: Dover Publications, 2015.

Building Address:
200 Lake Road,
Pocantico Hills, New York

Significant Dates: Land Purchased in 1893, building construction completed in 1913. Designated National Landmark in 1979

Supporting Staff/ Designers:

Tags: HIstory and Interiors, United States, New York, Neoclassical, 20th Century, Textile, Wood, Residential Structure

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