In Tuxedo Park, New York?a tiny enclave an hour north of New York City?architect Kevin Greenberg transformed a former carriage house into a vacation home for a young couple, both financiers.
The late-1800s structure?an outbuilding designed to hold horse-drawn carriages from a nearby, much grander, home?had some compelling original details but an awkward layout with unfortunate “improvements” over time. With his Brooklyn firm Space Exploration, Greenberg modernized the home while preserving much of its original tack, wood floors, and beadboard paneling. Let’s take a look.
Photography by and courtesy of Kevin Greenberg.

Above: A matte black T-Light by Allied Maker hangs above the entryway; the fixture was modeled after gas lanterns that illuminated 19th-century saloons. When Tuxedo Park was founded in the late 1800s as a private hunting and fishing park, “the carriage house that served the primary residences were?unusually?consolidated on their own street,” said Greenberg. “So the main house that this carriage house served is actually located quite some distance away.”

Above: The stairway post and railing are original; Greenburg had them cleaned and sealed with a clear finish.
In part, says Greenberg, the owners chose Tuxedo Park for their weekend house “because the Hamptons are so expensive and congested.” They’re drawn to the terrain, architectural history, and relative obscurity of Tuxedo Park, “as ...