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The Andrew Carnegie Mansion is located at 2 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Andrew Carnegie built his mansion in 1903 and lived there until his death in 1919. It is now the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution.
[edit] History
The land was purchased in 1898[1] in secrecy by Carnegie, further North than most mansions, in part to ensure there was enough space for a garden[4]. He asked for the "most modest, plainest, and most roomy house in New York"[5]. However, it was also the first American residence to have a steel frame and among the first to have a private Otis Elevator and central heating[4] His wife, Louise, lived in the house until she died in 1946.[6]
The Carnegie Corporation gave the house and property to the Smithsonian in 1972, and the modern incarnation of the Museum opened there in 1976. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates handled the renovation into a museum in 1977. The interior was redesigned by the architectural firm, Polshek and Partners, headed by James Polshek in 2001.[7]
It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966.[2],[5] [8],[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Bill Harris, "One Thousand New York Buildings", 2002, Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, pg 312
- ^ a b Andrew Carnegie Mansion. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-14).
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ a b Cooper-Hewitt History of Mansion
- ^ a b Andrew Carnegie Mansion, NHL Writeup
- ^ "AIA Guide to New York City", 4th Edition, pg 429
- ^ Andrew S. Dolkart, "Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum: National Design Museum", July 26, 2006, Scala Publishers, ISBN 978-1857592689
- ^ ["Andrew Carnegie Mansion", May 30, 1975, by Richard GreenwoodPDF (537 KiB) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination]. National Park Service (1975-05-30).
- ^ [Andrew Carnegie Mansion--Accompanying 6 photos, exterior, from 1975.PDF (886 KiB) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination]. National Park Service (1975-05-30).
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