The Carroll family had two homes, one at 4 East 64th St., New York City, and a country home called "Carrollcliff" in Tarrytown, NY. These inventories cover both homes, one volume for the city house and two volumes for the country house. The city house had five floors and a basement, as well as reception rooms, family quarters and bedrooms, bathrooms, service rooms, and servants' quarters. "Carrollcliff" was huge, with reception rooms, including a ballroom, family suites, many guest rooms and suites, bathrooms, piazzas, service rooms, and servants' quarters. The inventories detail the furniture, carpets, curtains, light fixtures, decorative items, paintings, books, silver, and china found in each room, including the servants' rooms and storerooms. In addition, the wall treatments are noted for each room, i.e. whether paneled, covered with paper or fabric, or painted. The kitchen inventories do not enumerate every small utensil (just "all necessary cooking utensils, such as strainers, egg beaters, knives, spoons, etc."), but do include pots and pans, mixing bowls, and coffee and teapots, and identify the type of kitchen range. The condition of most of the items is noted (usually "perfect"), and some values were put on objects at "Carrollcliff." Personal items, such as clothes and jewelry, were not inventoried, nor was food. The collection also includes two photographs, one of General Carroll on a horse outside "Carrollcliff," and the other a view of the house, mostly obscured by trees so all that can be seen are the towers. "Carrollcliff" was added to in 1910; the inventories postdate that event.
