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Coach house Historical Overview In the years before the automobile, the Coach House stabled purebred carriage horses. The Vanderbilts had their horses shipped from New York to Hyde Park each season, usually in May. When the Vanderbilts returned to the City for the winter social season, the horses were shipped back to New York on a special rail car. The coachman was John Donnelly, and two stable men assisted him. 359 With the introduction of automobiles to Hyde Park, a small staff of chauffeurs was added to the coach housemen, bringing the total men to five. William F. Burke served as head chauffeur. Douglas Crapser was second chauffeur. 360 A driver was also assigned to transportation within the estate for ice and flowers sent to the mansion; flowers, fruit, vegetables, and dairy products to the Hyde Park train station; and driving servants from the station to the estate. 361 Paint shop, carpenter shop, blacksmith shop A paint shop, carpenter shop, and blacksmith shop were located on the farm side of the estate. Thomas Golden was employed for many years as the painter. The carpenter(s) and blacksmith appear to have been hired on contract as needed. 362 MANAGEMENT OF THE HOUSEHOLD STAFF The staff of the Vanderbilt household functioned on two levels; one set of staff members was associated with family and traveled with them among their residences, and one set of staff was associated with the house at Hyde Park and remained there throughout the year. Those staff most closely associated with Frederick and Louise, their personal secretaries, valet, and lady's maid, did not reside in Hyde Park full-time and unfortunately were not interviewed by NPS historians. The two most valuable interviews are with a third parlor maid who was employed from 1927 to 1938 and did not live in the house and with the third man promoted to second man after Louise's death. The result is very fragmentary information about the management of the house. Diagram 3 describes the management and reporting structure of the household staff at Hyde Park. As was customary in elite gilded-age houses, the Vanderbilts' household staff was supervised by three department managers: the housekeeper, the butler, and the chef. Both butler and chef traveled with the family, while it appears that the housekeeper remained at Hyde Park. At Hyde Park, the butler supervised a second man and third man. The chef supervised two cooks and a kitchen girl. The housekeeper supervised four chambermaids, a parlor maid, three laundresses, and day and night men. 363 359 Snell, "Preliminary Report, " 58. 360 Snell, "Preliminary Report, " 58. 361 Oakley, unn. 362 Snell, "Preliminary Report," 60; Hyde Park Estate Ledgers. 363 Snell, "Preliminary Report," 31. 72
Valet and 2nd Man 3 rd Man Secretary Historical Overview Frederick Vanderbilt Louise Vanderbilt 73 Secretary Butler Housekeeper Chef (Maids) 1 st Chambermaid 2 nd Chambermaid 3 rd Chambermaid 4 th Chambermaid Parlor Maid Laundresses (3) (Extra Maids) Day Man Night Man Pavilion Caretakers (Cooks) Diagram #3: The Management Structure of the Hyde Park Household Staff 1 st Cook 2 nd Cook Kitchen Girl Personal Maid
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Vanderbilt Mansion, 1898. Wurts Bro
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PREFACE When the Vanderbilt Mansion
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p.57 Nov. 7, 1896 Volume 6 On House
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