Cairnwood was designed by the renowned architectural firm Carrère and Hastings and was completed in 1895.
He designed the hall for the Society for Ethical Culture (Central Park West and 64th Street, 1911) and had formerly collaborated with Carrère and Hastings on the adjoining Ethical Culture school building (1902).
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The park opened in 1900, and features an impressive Beaux Arts brick and limestone gymnasium pavilion designed by Carrère and Hastings and inspired by the Petit Palais in Paris.
He also maintained a long working relationship with many noted architects and firms of the time including those of McKim, Mead & White, Carrère and Hastings and Horace Trumbauer.
It was designed in 1911 by the noted architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings and built for artist Violet Oakley (1874–1961) in the Tudor Revival style.