Carnegie Mansion

The Carnegie Mansion is a gorgeous Georgian revival style Mansion at Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York.

The Carnegie Mansion was initially built in 1899 and finally completed in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie, a pioneering steel industrialist and world renowned philanthropist. It served as the primary residence for Andrew Carnegie, his wife, Louis Whitfield and their daughter, Margaret Carnegie Miller.

Today, the Carnegie Mansion now serves as the location of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

In June of 2021, I brought and treated myself and my wife for a visit of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design. During our self guided tour, my wife and I learned much about Andrew Carnegie and the history of Carnegie Mansion from the museum’s staff.

We learned that the Carnegie Mansion was the first private residence to have a Otis passenger elevator and also contain central heating.

Both my wife and I highly enjoyed our visit of this breathtaking historic mansion!!!

Great workshop for kids. Amazing staff.

I had a great experience. Free tickets to check out the mansion. It now houses Hewitt Cooper collection. I was more interested in the mansion but there are different exhibits to see. The outside cafe had many visitors.