I will give this question a shot.  The AIA Guide to NYC says the Frick mansion
was built in 1914 but the NYC Encyclopedia says that Frick moved to NYC in
1900 and immediately set up building his mansion.  In the period when the
designs were drawn for this building cars were a novelty.  In 1911 Encarta
estimates there were 600,000 cars in America.  Fords model T wasn't introduced
until about 1913.  So we may conclude that because cars were not yet an
accepted mode of transportation that Frick didn't plan on owning one, hence no
garage.

So how did he travel?  Carriage, of course.  And probably a magnificent one at
that with a beautiful team of horses to pull it.  And where was the stable?  I
have seen other areas where the stables were far away from the homes cause
they stank and if you are a millionaire the last thing you want to do is live
next to your horses.  The stables may have been a few blocks away.  When they
wanted the carriage a stable boy would be sent to get the carriage and the
drivers and bring them around to the mansion.  But this is just my guess.

Jim Maguire
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