American Basswood
Bard Rock
- In 1905, Frederick Vanderbilt purchased this tract reuniting it to Hyde Park estate grounds as it had been during earlier ownership. Vanderbilt removed numerous buildings from the area, retaining only a Boat House (removed by the National Park Service in 1953).
Black Oak
Chestnut Oak
Cutleaf Beech
Eastern Hemlock
Eastern Hophornbeam
Eastern White Pine
Entrance Hall
Flowering Dogwood
Ginkgo
Hackberry
Honey Locust
Horse-chestnut
Kentucky Coffee-Tree
Littleleaf Linden
Mr. Vanderbilt's Office
Northern Red Oak
Northern White Cedar
Norway Spruce
Purple Beech
Silver Maple
Sugar Maple
Tamarack
The Butler Describes a Visit
The Den
The Dining Room
The Gardens
The Grand Staircase
The Living Room
The Pavilion at Hyde Park
- Sporting architecture was a unique feature of country house life in America. Playhouses, as they were generally known, were an entirely American tradition. The playhouse reflects the enthusiasm for sport in America in the late nineteenth century. These buildings also included living rooms, bedrooms, baths, kitchens, and servant quarters. McKim, Mead and White were the leading architects of such buildings and designed the sporting pavilion for the Vanderbilts at Hyde Park.
The Reception Room
Tulip Tree
Umbrella Magnolia
Vanderbilt Mansion
- A masterpiece of American architecture by one of the nation’s preeminent architects, built for one of the first families of wealth and privilege in the Gilded Age. The classical edifice of the Vanderbilt Mansion surrounded by a verdant park represents a perfect blend of formality and rural gentility.
Weeping Beech
Welcome to the Vanderbilt Mansion
