National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Comments
Character-Defining Features of the Furnished Interior taken as a Whole
1899-1906 1906 1940 Current
Vanderbilt Renovation - Inventory Conditions
First 1938
Period
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Variety of materials including wood, X X X X
plaster, composition, marble, stone, and
faux stone
The use of classical details to define the X X, M X X The Elliptical Hall, Living
rich molding ornamentation
Room, and Second-Floor Hall
were architecturally altered in
1906
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Beaux-Arts Floor Plan X X X X Unaltered layout of rooms,
unchanged function of rooms
Vistas east/west from entry to Hudson X X X X Central Ellipse with major rooms
River and north/south encompassing the
on long axis and other rooms on
entire span of the mansion
short axis
Distinct social, private, work zones X X X X Work zones separated from
public rooms, but with access as
necessary
X M X X The Elliptical Hall, Living Room
and Second Floor Hall were
altered in 1906
X X X X
Furnishings and Interior Design Elements
Architect-designed interiors by Charles
McKim
Decorator-designed interiors by Georges
Glaenzer and Ogden Codman
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