Courtyard
Hyde Hall, Springfield, New York
2011 photograph by Michael Reynolds
A view from inside the courtyard facing north. The projecting, semi-circular bay contains the main staircase to the second and third floors of the Great House. The courtyard allowed light and air to the interior rooms, separating the family areas from the guest and staff areas, and holds a cistern that was supplied with water from the roofs.
Stone House (1817-1819)
Hyde Hall, Springfield, New York
2011 photograph by Michael Reynolds
The first phase of Hyde Hall was the family living quarters encompassing ten rooms: two libraries, dining room, Mr. Clarke’s office, Mrs. Clarke’s sitting/dressing room and five bedrooms. The porch or piazza, with cast iron piers, was situated to enjoy the eight-mile vista down Lake Otsego to Cooperstown to the south.
The Great House (1829-1834)
Hyde Hall, Springfield, New York
2016 photo John Bower
A 2016 view of the Great House of Hyde Hall, built between 1828-1833. On the left is the Stone House, built between 1817-1819, and on the right is the last section of the Guest and Staff Wing built between 1832 and 1834.
Dining Room, Great House (1829-1834)
Hyde Hall, Springfield, New York
Photograph: #ThisisCooperstown
A view of the Dining Room of the Great House, Hyde Hall, with plaster-work created from wood molds carved by Joseph Shepley of Cooperstown, New York in 1831. The two vapor-light chandeliers were purchased from Baldwin Gardiner on March 25, 1833, and the furniture purchased from John Meads of Albany, New York between 1813 and 1830.
