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Caramoor Center for 

Music and the Arts 

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is a 

former estate near Katonah, New York, which is 

about 50 miles north of New York City. Presently, 

it is a live music venue featuring symphonic, opera, 

chamber, American roots, and jazz, performances 

along with the historic home. Both are 

legacies of the house’s original owners, Walter 

and Lucie Rosen. The Caramoor Summer Music 

Festival is held there every summer. It also runs 

educational programs, and can be rented for 

events such as weddings. 

The Rosens built the estate gradually during 

the 1930s, its main house an imitation Italian 

villa. Many pieces of the buildings were imported 

from various European countries. The 

informal musical performances they hosted 

evolved into the beginning of Caramoor’s 

current offerings in 1945, and their collection 

of Renaissance-era and Chinese artworks, 

some rare, is on display throughout the estate. 

Lucie Rosen later donated it to the private 

organization that runs it today. In 2001 it 

was listed on the National Register of Historic 

Places. 


The Thomas Paine Cottage 

The Thomas Paine Cottage in New Rochelle, 

New York in the United States, was the home 

from 1802 to 1806 of Thomas Paine, author of 

Common Sense and Revolutionary War hero. 

Paine was buried near the cottage from his 

death in 1809 until his body was disinterred in 

1819. It was one of a number of buildings located 

on the 300 acre farm given to Paine by 

the State of New York in 1784, in recognition 

of his services in the cause of Independence. 

It was here in August 1805 that he wrote his 

last pamphlet, which was addressed to the 

citizens of Philadelphia on “Constitutional Reform”. 

The cottage has been owned by the “New 

Rochelle and Huguenot Historical Association” 

and has been operated as a historic 

house museum since 1910. The cottage is 

open to the public five days a week. There 

are several weekend events scheduled at the 

cottage throughout the year. In addition, the 

cottage hosts many local school field trips. It 

had 3,000 visitors in 2002. 

The cottage is a two-story wood-frame saltbox 

structure. It began as a simple building 

16 feet wide and 31 feet deep. In 1804, an 

additional 18 by 23 feet wing with a porch 

was constructed. An exterior door and porch 

pillars in the Greek Revival style were added in 

about 1830. The main house has three rooms 

set one behind the other; the kitchen in front, 

a common room in the center and a bedroom 

in the rear. The wing to the right contains 

the parlor and there are four bedrooms 

on the second floor. The entrance door and 

the pillars of the porch on the wing are Greek 

Revival and were added about 1830. The 

current arrangement has rooms decorated 

in the late 18th and early 19th century style 

as well as exhibits pertaining to the history of 

New Rochelle, the local Siwanoy Indians, and 

the Huguenots. 

The front door to the cottage enters directly 

into its main room, which is maintained as the 

“Huguenot Room”. The desk is said to have 

belonged to Jacques Flandreau, an early Huguenot 

settler of the town. Over the desk is a 

steel engraving from the celebrated painting 

at Versailles showing King Henry IV of France 

(Henry of Navarre) entering Paris through the 

unfinished Porte-Neuve on the morning of 

March 22, 1594. 

The rear room on the first floor is known as 

the “Paine Room”. On Christmas Eve, 1805, 

a gun was fired into this room in an attempt 

on Paine’s life. He described the incident in 

a letter: 

“Whatever the gun was charged with passed 

through about three or four inches below the 

window making a hole large enough to (allow) 

a finger to go through -the muzzle must 

have been very near as the place is black 

with powder, and the glass of the window is 

shattered to pieces.” 

There are several interesting items in this 

room. There are two chairs used by Paine 

when he boarded at Bayeau’s Tavern, almost 

directly across North Avenue. Another item is 

the stove set in the chimney. It was presented 

by Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Paine, and 

is one of the few real Franklin stoves in existence. 

Still another item is a warming pan 

which belonged to Mrs. Sarah Bache (1774- 

1808), daughter of Benjamin Franklin and 

wife of Richard Bache who was postmastergeneral 

of the United States from 1776-1782. 


Interesting Facts: 

The population of New York consists of 

19,465,197 citizens. 

The state’s name derived from James Stuart, 

the Duke of York. 

Originally the Iroquoian and Algonquian Indian 

tribes inhabited the state. 

Dutch settlers claimed the territory in the 

1600s. Henry Hudson was the first of these 

settlers to claim the region. 

Dutch fur trading posts allowed indigenous 

Indian tribes to sell pelts for profit to Dutch 

merchants trading within the area. 

Within this century the Dutch settlers created 

colonies within the Hudson River Valley 

until the 1664 annexation of the New Netherland 

colony by the British. 

A large majority of the Revolutionary War 

was fought within New York territory. 

By 1788 New York had become a state and 

its constitution was enacted. 

In the early 1800s the canals were built to 

allow extended commuting. These canals 

connected the Hudson River and Lake Erie. 

Ellis Island is the hub for historical data on 

immigration. Originally, immigrants were 

processed through Ellis Island and Battery 

Park which was known at that time as Castle 

Clinton. 

Ellis Island ceased immigration processing 

in 1954. The island is now included in the 

Statue of Liberty monument. 

The National Origins Act ceased immigration 

through Castle Clinton and Ellis Island. 

A 1998 settlement established that the 27 

acres addition to Ellis Island belonged to 

New Jersey. The original property was ruled 

as part of New York. 

Ellis Island closed for a lengthy duration due 

to fire regulation contraventions. It was reopened 

in 2009. 

The Statue of Liberty and museum connection 

require that visitors acquire a Monument 

Access Pass to visit the locale. The 

pass is only available within New York and 

visitors must purchase it before boarding 

the ferry. Only 3,000 passes are sold each 

day. 

Visitors are no longer allowed to visit the interior 

of the Statue of Liberty. 

Only criminal cases that fall within federal 

law possess the possibility of receiving the 

federal death penalty. Within state law, executions 

ceased as of 1963. 

Sports teams within New York include the 

Mets, Rangers, Islanders, Knicks, and Brooklyn 

Nets. 

Colleges in New York include Cornell University, 

Stony Brook University, University at Buffalo, 

and University of Albany. 


Romantic 

Getaways: 

Drift away in elegance and old world style 

at these wonderful B&Bs and Inns. Rekindle 

romance or sweep your love away in the 

splendor and warmth provided at these 

secluded locales. Each has its own signature 

touches providing the perfect setting 

for a whirlwind romance. 

Anastasia’s Bed and Breakfast 

8 Meade Street, Hempstead, NY 

(516) 612-2093, anastasiasbnb.com 

Select the Romantic Package at Anastasia’s 

Bed and Breakfast. With this package 

you receive your choice of guestroom with 

chocolate covered strawberries, aromatic 

candles, breakfast in bed and whip cream. 

This package is ideal for honeymoons or 

weekend getaways. 

Swan View Manor 

45 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 

(631) 367-2070, swanview.com 

With pleasant and cozy guestrooms the 

Swan View Manor is an excellent choice. 

This inn has been refurbished with unique 

decorative touches and luxuries. Each 

guestroom is furnished with elegant furnishings 

and bright, cheerful bedding. Each 

day a buffet style breakfast is served which 

includes cereals, yogurts, muffins, coffee 

and hot tea. 

Harbor House Inn 

165 Shore Road, Old Greenwich, CT 

(203) 637-0145, hhinn.com 

The Harbor House Inn features a grand entrance 

leading you into a Great Gatsby 

inspired inn with elegant perfection. Fall 

into an envelope of warmth with their cozy 

down comforters and get lost in the romance 

of timelessness. Walk on the sandy 

beaches just moments from the inn and 

enjoy a captivating sunset. 

Stanton House Inn 

76 Maple Avenue, Greenwich, CT 

(203) 869-2110, shinngreenwich.com 

The century old Stanton House Inn is a 

posh mansion which was once the home 

of Stanford White. This exquisite old world 

charmer was completely restored. Guestrooms 

have a clean crisp feel that is inviting 

and homey. Each room is furnished with 

antique beds, small sofas, writing desks, entertainment 

centers and fine linens. 

Mount Morris House Bed 

and Breakfast 

12 Mount Morris Park West • Manhattan, 

(917) 478-6214 • mountmorrishouse.com 

For Manhattan flair reserve a guestroom 

at the townhouse known as Mount Morris 

House Bed and Breakfast. Each guestroom 

includes a private bath with a separate 

dressing room providing that uptown atmosphere. 

All guestrooms have their own 

fireplace perfect for cozying up next to with 

your loved one. The kitchen facilities and 

dining room area are available to guests 

at any time. 

Ivy Terrace 

230 East 58th Street, New York, New York 

(516) 662-6862, ivyterrace.com 

Ivy Terrace is a midtown Manhattan bed 

and breakfast providing guests with studio 

apartment-styled rooms. Each room has 

its own captivating view of the city from a 

private terrace. These apartments are furnished 

with some of New York’s finest furnishings. 

Beds are constructed of solid mahogany 

with options including large sleigh 

beds. Most apartments have a contemporary 

modern design while others are more 

posh and glamorous. 


Weston’s Devil’s Den 

The charcoal makers who once toiled 

in the vicinity believed a hoof-like mark 

made in a rock was the footprint of the 

devil, hence the Den’s name. But this 

Nature Conservancy property is really 

a place of beauty and ideal for family 

hikes. There are more than enough 

trails to trek and things to see in Fairfield 

County’s largest preserve, known formally 

as the Lucius Pond Ordway/Devil’s Den 

Preserve. The Den consists of more than 

1,756 acres containing some 20 miles of 

trails that wind through and over almost 

every kind of terrain typical to southwestern 

Connecticut. Maps as well as a selfguided 

tour booklet are available at the 

Pent Road parking area; all hikers should 

sign in for safety. The preserve is home to 

more than 500 types of trees and wildflowers 

and has red fox, bobcat, coyote, 

eastern copperhead, wood duck, ruffed 

grouse, pileated woodpecker and more 

than 140 other bird species. An estimated 

40,000 people visit the site each 

year; it’s part of the 70-mile Saugatuck 

Valley Trails System. The Den closes at 

times in the fall for hunting. 


LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester 

A Family-Friendly Hotel near LEGOLAND® Discovery Center 

Westchester in Yonkers 

The LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Westchester in Yonkers, New York is a world of entertainment, 

color and creativity for families with children aged 3-10. Offering a wealth 

of attractions, two rides, 4D Cinema and more! The average visit takes 2-3 hours, but 

you are welcome to stay and play as long as you like. The admission price inlcudes 

15 different attractions, and it is strongly recommended that tickets be purchased in 

advance online due to high demand. 

39 Fitzgerald Street, Yonkers, NY 10710, (833) 243-0770,www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/westchester 



Science Barge 

The Science Barge is a floating urban farm and environmental education center that 

has been docked in Yonkers, New York, since late 2008. The Barge grows crops using a 

hydroponic greenhouse powered by solar panels, wind turbines, and biofuels. The crops 

in the greenhouse are irrigated by captured rainwater and desalinated river water. Food 

is grown without carbon emissions, no agricultural waste is discharged into the watershed 

and no pesticides are used. The Science Barge is also a public education tool 

and hosts school groups from Westchester, New York City and the greater New York area 

visiting during the week, and the general public on weekends. From 2006-2008, the Science 

Barge docked for periods of two months at each of six stops along the Manhattan 

waterfront with the goal of educating the public on urban sustainable agriculture. 

In 2015, Nathalie Manzano-Smith and Ted Caplow won the Knight Cities Challenge 

grant competition from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation with a proposal to 

build a Miami Science Barge and moor it in Museum Park in downtown Miami, FL. The 

Miami Science Barge is under construction with an expected launch date in early 2016. 

Compared with the original Science Barge, the Miami Science Barge places more 

emphasis on marine science, conservation, and sustainable aquaculture, while also 

updating many of the urban agricultural systems featured on the original. 


Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in 

the U.S. state of New York (behind New York City, 

Buffalo, and Rochester), and the most populous 

city in Westchester County, with a population of 

195,976 (according to the 2010 Census). An inner 

suburb of New York City, Yonkers directly borders 

the Bronx and is located two miles north of Manhattan 

at the municipalities’ closest points. 

Yonkers’s downtown is centered on a plaza known 

as Getty Square, where the municipal government 

is located. The area also houses significant local 

businesses and non-profits, and serves as a major 

retail hub for Yonkers and the northwest Bronx. 

The city is home to several attractions, including 

the Hudson River Museum; Saw Mill River Daylighting, 

wherein a parking lot was removed to uncover 

a river; Science Barge; Sherwood House; and 

Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track that has 

renovated its grounds and clubhouse and added 

legalized video slot machine gambling in 2006 in 

a “racino” called Empire City. 

Major shopping areas can be found in Getty 

Square, on South Broadway, at the Cross County 

Shopping Center and Westchester’s Ridge Hill, 

and along Central Park Avenue, informally called 

“Central Ave” by area residents, a name it takes 

officially a few miles north in White Plains. 

The land on which the city is built was once part 

of a 24,000-acre land grant called Colen Donck 

that ran from the current Manhattan-Bronx border 

at Marble Hill northwards for 12 miles, and from 

the Hudson River eastwards to the Bronx River. This 

grant was purchased in July 1645 by Adriaen van 

der Donck, the first lawyer in New York City. Van 

der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer or 

Jonker (etymologically, “young gentleman,” derivation 

of old Dutch jong (young) and heer (“lord”); 

in effect, “Esquire”), a word from which the name 

“Yonkers” is directly derived. Van der Donck built 

a saw mill near where the Nepperhan Creek met 

the Hudson; the Nepperhan is now also known 

as the Saw Mill River. Van der Donck was killed in 

the Peach War. His wife, Mary Doughty, was taken 

captive and ransomed later. 

Near the site of van der Donck’s mill is Philipse 

Manor Hall, a Colonial-era manor house which 

today serves as a museum and archive, offering 

many glimpses into life before the American 

Revolution. The original structure (later enlarged) 

was built around 1682 by Frederick Philipse and 

his wife Margaret Hardenbroeck. Frederick was a 

wealthy Dutchman who by the time of his death 

had amassed an enormous estate, which encompassed 

the entire modern City of Yonkers, as 

well as several other Hudson River towns. Philipse’s 

great-grandson, Frederick Philipse III, was a prominent 

Loyalist during the American Revolution, who, 

because of his political leanings, was forced to 

flee to England. All the lands that belonged to the 

Philipse family were confiscated and sold. For its 

first two hundred years, Yonkers was a small farming 

town with an active industrial waterfront. Yonkers’s 

later growth rested largely on developing 

industry. In 1853, Elisha Otis invented the first safety 

elevator and the Otis Elevator Company, opened 

the first elevator factory in the world on the banks 

of the Hudson near what is now Vark Street. It relocated 

to larger quarters (now the Yonkers Public 

Library) in the 1880s. Around the same time, the 

Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company (in 

the Saw Mill River Valley) expanded to 45 buildings, 

800 looms, and over 4,000 workers and was 

known as one of the premier carpet producing 

centers in the world. 

The community was incorporated as a village in 

the northern part of the Town of Yonkers in 1854 

and as a city in 1872. In 1874 the southern part of 

Yonkers, including Kingsbridge and Riverdale, was 

annexed by New York City as The Bronx. In 1898, 

Yonkers (along with Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten 

Island) voted on a referendum to determine if they 

wanted to become part of New York City. While the 

results were positive elsewhere, the returns were so 

negative in Yonkers and neighboring Mount Vernon 

that those two areas were not included in the 

consolidated city, and remained independent.[5] 

Still, some residents call the city “the Sixth Borough” 

referring to its location on the New York City border, 

its urban character and the failed merger vote. 

The New York City and Northern Railway Company 

(later the New York Central Railroad) connected 

Yonkers to Manhattan and points north from 1888. 

A three-mile spur to Getty Square existed until 

1943. 

Aside from being a manufacturing center, Yonkers 

also played a key role in the development of entertainment 

in the United States. In 1888, Scottishborn 

John Reid founded the first golf course in the 

United States, St. Andrew’s Golf Club, in Yonkers. 


Bakelite, the first completely synthetic plastic, was 

invented in Yonkers circa 1906 by Leo Baekeland, 

and manufactured there until the late 1920s. Today, 

two of the former Alexander Smith and Sons 

Carpet Company loft buildings located at 540 

and 578 Nepperhan Avenue have been repurposed 

to house the YoHo Artist Community, a collective 

group of talented artists that works out of 

private studios there.[8] 

Early in the 20th century, Yonkers also hosted 

a brass era automobile maker, Colt Runabout 

Company;[9] despite the car’s seemingly glowing 

performance, the company went under. 

Yonkers was also the headquarters of the Waring 

Hat Company, at the time the nation’s largest hat 

manufacturer. World War II saw the city’s factories 

manufacture such items as tents and blankets in 

the Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Factory and 

tanks in the Otis Elevator factory. After World War II, 

however, with increased competition from less expensive 

imports, Yonkers lost much of its manufacturing 

activity. The Alexander Smith Carpet Company, 

one of the city’s largest employers, ceased 

operation during a labor dispute in June 1954. In 

1983, the Otis Elevator Factory finally closed its 

doors. With the loss of jobs in the city itself, Yonkers 

became primarily a residential city, and some 

neighborhoods, such as Crestwood and Park Hill, 

became popular with wealthy New Yorkers who 

wished to live outside Manhattan without giving 

up urban conveniences. Yonkers’s excellent transportation 

infrastructure, including three commuter 

railroad lines (now two: the Harlem and Hudson 

Lines) and five parkways and thruways, as well as 

its 15-minute drive from Manhattan and picturesque 

prewar homes and apartment buildings, 

made it a desirable city in which to live. Yonkers’s 

manufacturing sector has also shown a recent resurgence. 

On January 4, 1940, Yonkers resident Edwin Howard 

Armstrong transmitted the first FM radio broadcast 

(on station W2XCR) from the Yonkers home of 

C.R. Runyon, a co-experimenter. Yonkers also had 

the longest running pirate radio station, owned by 

Allan Weiner during the 1970s through the 1980s. 

In 1942, a short subway connection was planned 

between Getty Square and the IRT Broadway – 

Seventh Avenue Line, which terminates in Riverdale 

at 242nd Street just slightly south of the city 

line, but the plan was dropped.[10][11] 

In 1960, the Census Bureau reported Yonkers’s 

population as 95.8% white and 4.0% black.[12] 

The city’s struggles with racial discrimination and 

segregation were highlighted in a decades-long 

federal lawsuit. After a 1985 decision and an 

unsuccessful appeal, Yonkers’s schools were integrated 

in 1988. The federal judge, Leonard B. 

Sand ruled that Yonkers had engaged in institutional 

segregation in housing and school policies 

for over 40 years and tied the illegal concentration 

of public housing and private housing discrimination 

to the city’s resistance to ending racial isolation 

in its public schools. 

In the 1980s and 1990s, Yonkers developed a 

national reputation for racial tension, based on 

a long-term battle between the City of Yonkers 

and the NAACP over the building of subsidized 

low-income housing projects. The City planned to 

use federal funding for urban renewal efforts within 

Downtown Yonkers exclusively; other groups, led by 

the NAACP, felt that the resulting concentration of 

low-income housing in traditionally poor neighborhoods 

perpetuated poverty. Yonkers gained national/international 

attention during the summer of 

1988, when it reneged on its previous agreement 

to build promised municipal public housing in the 

eastern portions of the city, an agreement it had 

made in a consent decree after losing an appeal 

in 1987. After this reversal, the city was found in 

contempt of the federal courts, and United States 

district court Judge Leonard Sand imposed a fine 

on Yonkers which started at $1 and doubled every 

day until the City capitulated to the federally 

mandated plan. Yonkers remained in contempt 

of the courts until September 9, 1988, when the 

City Council relented in the wake of library closures 

and sanitation cutbacks and while looking 

at massive city layoffs, which would have been 

required to continue its resistance to desegregation. 

First-term mayor Nicholas C. Wasicsko fought 

to save the city from financial disaster and bring 

about unity. Yonkers’s youngest mayor (elected at 

age 28), Wasicsko was a lonely figure in city politics, 

which was scarred with the stigma of the “Balkanization 

of Yonkers”. He succeeded in helping 

to end the city’s contempt of the courts, but was 

voted out of office as a result. 

A Kawasaki railroad cars assembly plant opened 

in 1986 in the former Otis plant, producing the 

new R142A, R143, R160B, and R188 cars for the 

New York City Subway, and the PA4 and PA5 series 

for PATH. 


Lyndhurst mansion 

Lyndhurst, also known as the Jay Gould estate, is a 

Gothic Revival country house that sits in its own 67- 

acre (27 ha) park beside the Hudson River in Tarrytown, 

New York about one-half mile south of the Tappan Zee 

Bridge on US 9. 

This house was designated a National Historic Landmark 

in 1966. 

History 

Designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis, the 

house has been owned by New York City mayor William 

Paulding, Jr., merchant George Merritt, and railroad 

tycoon Jay Gould. In 1961, Gould’s daughter 

Anna Gould donated it to the National Trust for Historic 

Preservation. It is now open to the public. 

The house was first named “Knoll”, although critics 

quickly dubbed it “Paulding’s Folly” because of its unusual 

design that includes fanciful turrets and asymmetrical 

outline. Its limestone exterior was quarried at 

Sing Sing in present day Ossining, New York. 

The second owner, Merritt, doubled the house’s size in 

1864-1865 and renamed it “Lyndenhurst” for the estate’s 

linden trees. His new north wing added an imposing 

four-story tower, new porte-cochere (the old 

one was reworked as a glass-walled vestibule) and a 

new dining room, two bedrooms, and servants’ quarters. 

Gould purchased the property in 1880 for use as a 

country house, shortened its name to “Lyndhurst” and 

occupied it until his death in 1892. 

Architecture 

Unlike later mansions along the Hudson River, Lyndhurst’s 

rooms are few and of a more modest scale, 

and strongly Gothic in character. Hallways are narrow, 

windows small and sharply arched, and ceilings 

are fantastically peaked, vaulted, and ornamented. 

The effect is at once gloomy, somber, and highly romantic; 

the large, double-height art gallery provides a 

contrast of light and space. 

The house sits within a park, designed in the English 

naturalistic style by Ferdinand Mangold, whom Merritt 

hired. He drained the surrounding swamps, created 

lawns, planted specimen trees, and built the conservatory. 

The resultant landscape was the first such park 

along the Hudson River. It provides an outstanding 

example of 19th-century landscape design, with rolling 

lawns accented with shrubs and specimen trees, 

a curving entrance drive that reveals “surprise” views, 

and a remarkably large 390-foot-long steel-framed 

conservatory, the first in the United States. 

Our mission at 

The Temperance Center 

I welcome you to a place where you’ll experience 

a comforting space with diverse healing modalities 

from an array of talented and committed professionals. 

It is my hope that people will find a sense of 

community where they can come to receive tender 

loving care and take the time to do something loving 

for themselves. 


Kykuit - Rockefeller Estate 

Kykuit known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, 

is a 40-room National Trust house in Westchester 

County, New York, built by order of oil tycoon, 

capitalist and Rockefeller family patriarch 

John D. Rockefeller. Conceived largely by his 

son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and enriched by the 

art collection of third-generation scion, Governor 

of New York and Vice President of the United 

States, Nelson Rockefeller, it has been home to 

four generations of the family. 

Kykuit, Dutch for “lookout”, is situated on the 

highest point in the hamlet of Pocantico Hills, 

overlooking the Hudson River at Tappan Zee. Located 

near Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, it has a 

view of the New York City skyline twenty-five miles 

to the south. 

One of America’s most famous private residences, 

Kykuit was designed originally as a 

steep-roofed three-story stone mansion by the 

architects Chester Holmes Aldrich and William 

Adams Delano. Aldrich was a distant relative 

of the younger Rockefeller’s wife, Abby Aldrich 

Rockefeller, who was involved as artistic consultant 

and in the interior design of the mansion. 

The elder Rockefeller had purchased land in the 

area as early as 1893 after his brother William 

had built a 204-room mansion, Rockwood Hall, 

in the area. 

The initial eclectic structure took six years to 

complete. Before being occupied it was substantially 

rebuilt in its present four-story Classical 

Revival Georgian form. Completed during 1913, 

it has two basement levels filled with interconnecting 

passageways and service tunnels. The 

home’s interiors were designed by Ogden Codman, 

Jr., and feature collections of Chinese and 

European ceramics, fine furnishings and 20thcentury 

art. 

It was designated a National Historic Landmark 

during 1976. During 1979, its occupant, Nelson 

Rockefeller, bequeathed upon his death his 

one-third interest in the estate to the National 

Trust for Historic Preservation. As a result, Kykuit is 

now open to the public for tours conducted by 

Historic Hudson Valley. 

The imposing structure, of local stone topped 

with the Rockefeller emblem, is located centrally 

in a 250 acres inner compound (referred to 

as “the Park”) within the larger Rockefeller family 

estate. This gated compound is guarded at all 

times. Save family residences, the rest of the estate 

(known as the open space) is open to the 

public for recreational purposes, as it always has 

been. 

Initially, landscaping of the grounds was given 

to the company of Frederick Law Olmsted, 

who had designed Manhattan’s Central Park. 

Rockefeller senior was unhappy with this work 

however and assumed control of the design 

himself, transplanting whole mature trees, designing 

lookouts and the several scenic winding 

roads. During 1906, the further design of Kykuit’s 

grounds was undertaken by the architect William 

Welles Bosworth, who designed the surrounding 

terraces and gardens with fountains, pavilions 

and classical sculpture. These gardens in the 

Beaux-Arts style are considered Bosworth’s best 

work in the United States, looking out over very 

fine views of the Hudson River. His original gardens 

still exist, with plantings carefully replaced 

over time, although his entrance forecourt was 

extended during 1913. The terraced gardens 

include a Morning Garden, Grand Staircase, 

Japanese Garden, Italian Garden, Japanesestyle 

brook, Japanese Tea-house, large Oceanus 

fountain, Temple of Aphrodite, loggia, and 

semicircular rose garden. 

Nelson transformed previously empty basement 

passages beneath the mansion that lead to a 

grotto into a major private art gallery containing 

paintings by Picasso, Chagall and Warhol, 

the latter two having visited the estate. Between 

1935 and the late 1970s more than 120 works 

of abstract, avant garde and modern sculpture 

were added to the gardens grounds from 

Nelson’s collection, including works by Picasso 

(‘Bathers’), Constantin Brâncusi, Karel Appel 

(‘Mouse on Table’), Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, 

Alberto Giacometti, Gaston Lachaise, Aristide 

Maillol, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Isamu 

Noguchi (‘Black Sun’), and David Smith. 

Kykuit was renovated and modernized during 

1995 by New Haven architect Herbert S. Newman 

and Partners. Included were major infrastructure 

changes enabling the estate to accommodate 

group tours of the first floor and art 

gallery, as were as a reconfiguration of third and 

fourth floor staff quarters into guest suites. 

The inner park area was opened to restricted 

conducted tours of the mansion and immediate 

surrounds during 1994, but remains occupied 

and controlled by the family by the Rockefeller 

Brothers Fund, which leased the area from 

the National Trust for Historic Preservation during 

1991 and serves as steward of what is referred to 

as “the historic area”. 

Public tours are conducted by Historic Hudson 

Valley, an organization established during 1951 

by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. “to celebrate the 

region’s history, architecture, landscape, and 

material culture, advancing its importance and 

thereby assuring its preservation.” Shuttle vans 

run from a visitor center located at the Philipsburg 

Manor House on Route 9 in Sleepy Hollow, 

New York. 


Odd Attractions: 

House of Frankenstein Wax 

Museum 

213 Canada St, Lake George, 518-668-3377 

Frankensteinwaxmuseum.com 

The House of Frankenstein Wax Museum features wax 

figures in which you would typically find within the 

House of Frankenstein movie. These wax figures depict 

scenes found in this classic horror movie and more. 

Each sculpture is life like and guaranteed to make you 

scream. 

Secret Caverns 

671 County Road 9, Cobleskill, 518-296-8558 

Secretcaverns.com 

Within the Secret Caverns you discover a wedding 

chamber and much more. As you proceed through 

the caverns you enjoy an underground boat ride 

which allows for safe transport through the caverns. At 

the end you find a 100 foot waterfall. 

Magic Forest 

US Route 9, Lake George, (518) 668-2448 

Magicforestpark.com 

The Magic Forest presents a fairytale land which includes 

numerous large scale statues. Throughout this 

attraction you find a giant Hansel and Gretel, Santa 

Claus, Uncle Sam, and the Muffler Men. The Uncle 

Sam statue is the largest of its kind in the world. 

World’s Smallest Church 

Sconondoa Road, Oneida 

The World’s Smallest Church is located down Sconondoa 

Road and in the middle of the pond. This tiny 

church is only accessible by boat. You discover that 

only two people fit within the church at a time. 

Kaatskill Kaleidoscope 

5340 Route 28, Mount Trempar, 877-688-2828 

The Kaatskill Kaleidoscope is, in fact, the largest of its 

kind in the world. It stands 60 feet in height. Within the 

structure you view historical shows including characters 

throughout history like Marilyn Monroe and Abraham 

Lincoln. 


Right On Par... 

Below is our list of golf courses in the Pearl 

River, New York area. We list them by proximity 

to Pearl River, including courses in 

neighboring cities. 

Blue Hill Golf Course, Pines Course 

285 Blue Hill Rd, Pearl River, NY 10965 

P: (845) 735-2094 

http://www.bluehillgolfcourse.com 

The 9-hole “Pines” course at the Blue Hill 

Golf Course facility in Pearl River, New York 

features 3,252 yards of golf from the longest 

tees for a par of 36 . The course rating 

is 35.3 and it has a slope rating of 124 on 

Blue grass. Designed by (R) Stephen Kay, 

the Pines golf course opened in 1924. A.J. 

Lee manages the course as the General 

Manager. 

Blue Hill Golf Course, 

Woodland Course 

285 Blue Hill Rd, Pearl River, NY 10965 

P: (845) 735-2094 

http://www.bluehillgolfcourse.com 

The 9-hole “Woodland” course at the Blue 

Golf Courses 

Hill Golf Course facility in Pearl River, New 

York features 3,105 yards of golf from the 

longest tees for a par of 36 . Woodland 

golf course opened in 1924. A.J. Lee manages 

the course as the General Manager. 

Manhattan Woods Golf Club 

1 Ahlmeyer Dr, West Nyack, NY 10994 

P: (845) 627-2222 F: (845) 627-5320 

http://www.mwgconline.com 

The 18-hole course at the Manhattan 

Woods Golf Club facility in West Nyack, 

New York features 7,110 yards of golf from 

the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course 

rating is 75.0 and it has a slope rating of 

141 on Bent grass. Designed by Gary 

Player, the Manhattan Woods golf course 

opened in 1998. Dick Smith, Jr. manages 

the course as the General Manager. 

Broadacres Golf Club 

140 Old Orangeburg Rd, 

Orangeburg, NY 10962-1157 

P: (845) 359-8218 F: (845) 359-0374 

http://www.broadacresgolf.com 

The 9-hole course at the Broadacres in 

Orangeburg, features 3,138 yards of golf 

from the longest tees for a par of 35 . The 

course rating is 70.4 and it has a slope 

rating of 126 on Blue grass. Broadacres 

golf course opened in 1962. Appliedgolf 

manages this facility, with Joe Wrafter as 

the General Manager. 

River Vale Country Club 

660 Rivervale Rd, Rivervale, 

NJ 07675-6479 

P: (201) 391-2300 F: (201) 391-0603 

http://www.rivervalecc.com 

The 18-hole course at the River Vale 

Country Club features 6,470 yards of 

golf from the longest tees for a par of 

72 . The course rating is 70.7 and it has 

a slope rating of 130 on Rye grass. Designed 

by Orrin E. Smith, the Bergen golf 

course opened in 1935. Long Ball Golf 

Management, LLC % Young & Associates 

manages this facility, with Ike Young 

as the Senior Vice President, General 

Manager At River Vale Country Club. 

Valley Brook Golf Club 

15 Rivervale Rd, Rivervale, NJ 07675 

P: (201) 664-5890 F: (201) 664-5678 

http://www.bergengolf.org 

The 18-hole course features 6,211 yards 

of golf from the longest tees for a par 

of 70 . The course rating is 70.9 and it 

has a slope rating of 125 on Bent grass. 

Designed by William Boswell, ASGCA, the 

Valley Brook golf course opened in 1962. 

Tom McGovern manages the course as 

the General Manager. 


Teatown Lake Reservation 

Teatown Lake Reservation is a nonprofit nature preserve 

and environmental education center. The reservation 

includes an 1,000-acre nature preserve and education 

center located in the Westchester towns of Yorktown, 

Cortlandt, and New Castle. About 25,000 people come 

each year to hike the preserve’s 15 miles of trails, attend 

an education program, visit the Nature Center, or tour 

“Wildflower Island”. Teatown’s educators offer adult, family 

and children’s programs to 20,000 participants annually, 

including nearly 6,000 schoolchildren and 700 summer 

camp students. 

Known by locals simply as “Teatown”, the organization 

works to conserve biodiversity, teach ecology and 

promote nature-friendly living. Located in the heart of 

the Lower Hudson Valley’s Hudson Highlands bioregion, 

Teatown Lake Reservation’s mission is to conserve open 

space, educate citizens about the environment, and involve 

the public in order to sustain the diversity of wildlife, 

plants and habitats for future generations. 

Teatown conducts two annual celebrations that are open 

to the public: the Hudson River EagleFest and the Plant 

Sale. The EagleFest takes place in February each year, 

when winter conditions make eagles easier to spot as 

they search for prey on the Hudson River. The EagleFest 

offers visitors live raptor demonstrations in tents at Westchester 

County’s Croton Point Park. Short bus tours from 

Croton Point that take visitors to local eagle spotting sights 

up and down the lower Hudson Valley require reservations. 

Guides with scopes are located at the bus stops 

along the tour as well as at the Croton Point. About 2,500 

visitors took part in EagleFest 2008, and about 4,000 visitors 

took part in 2009. Several dozen non-profit organizations, 

governmental agencies and municipalities participate. 

Other nearby nature and culture centers, such as 

the Beczak Environmental Education Center, Croton Point 

Nature Center, Van Cortlandt Manor, and Constitution 

Marsh Audubon Center hold concurrent eagle-themed 

programs during the EagleFest week. Before and during 

the event, 5,000 free eagle spotting maps are distributed. 

The annual Nature Friendly Plant Sale celebrates the Cliffdale 

Farm legacy of Teatown and is a well-known source 

for local hardy and diverse garden plants. The plant sale 

takes place each spring 

An important part of Teatown’s mission is to teach ecology 

and encourage responsible interaction with nature. 

About 25,000 people come each year to attend an education 

program, visit the Nature Center, hike its trails, or 

tour Wildflower Island, a 2-acre island sanctuary located 

within Teatown Lake that is home to over 230 native and 

endangered species of wildflowers. 

Teatown’s educators offer a variety of environmental education 

programs, including weekend family and adults 

only programs, multi-week children’s series, school programs, 

school vacation camps, a summer camp, and 

special programs for Scouts and others organizations. 

Over 10,000 participants annually attend one or more 

such educational programs, including nearly 6,000 

school children and 700 summer campers. Annually, 

over 15,000 hikers traverse Teatown’s 15 miles of trails 

that span abundant fields, mixed forests, lakes, streams, 

swamps and farm land. Teatown volunteers also participate 

in the “Great Backyard Bird Count” sponsored by the 

Audubon Society each winter. 

Teatown’s Nature Center is a source of wildlife knowledge 

and home to a variety of amphibians, birds of prey, 

mammals and reptiles. The Nature Center also houses a 

store with books and small gifts. The Center often hosts 

gallery shows of art by area painters and photographers 

related to environmental themes. 


The Michael Salyer House 

The Salyer House was built in the last quarter of 

the 18th century. It was the home of Michael 

&Elizabeth Salyer and their four daughters, Elizabeth, 

Mary, Sara and Rachel. Daughter Mary 

Salyer inherited the house in 1810 on a 9.20 

acre lot. Mary and her husband David Bogert 

kept the property until 1825. After this the house 

changed hands over a dozen times. Families 

that owned the house included the DeClarks, 

Blauvelts and Hoppers. In 1966, the house was 

bought by the Spring Valley Water Company, 

(United Water). Families who worked for the 

Company lived in the house until it was donated 

to the Town of Orangetown in September 

of 1992 to be used as a museum for the town. 

Many volunteers worked on restoring the interior 

and exterior of the house, which opened as a 

museum with its first exhibit in October 1996. 

The Salyer House underwent substantive renovations 

in the summer/fall of 2007 gaining a 

new roof and French drain system. In 2003 the 

Salyer House was listed on the National Register 

of Historic Places. The National Register is the 

nation’s official list of properties worthy of preservation. 

Listing on the National Registry recognizes 

the importance of the Salyer House to the 

history of our country and affords it a measure 

of protection. 


Historic Huguenot Street 

Historic Huguenot Street is located in New Paltz, New 

York, approximately 90 miles (140 km) north of New 

York City. The seven stone houses and several accompanying 

structures in the 10-acre National Landmark 

Historic District were likely built in the early 18th century 

by Huguenot settlers fleeing discrimination and religious 

persecution in France and what’s now southern 

Belgium. After negotiating with the Esopus Indians, this 

small group of Huguenots settled on a flat rise on the 

banks of the Wallkill River in 1678. The settlers named 

the site in honor of Die Pfalz, the region of present-day 

Germany that had provided them temporary refuge 

before they came to America. Recent archaeological 

finds indicate that the immediate area settled by the 

Huguenots was occupied by Native Americans prior 

to European contact. The site is one of the oldest continuously 

inhabited settlements in the United States. 

The house museums of Historic Huguenot Street are 

in their original village setting. The street has been included 

in the National Register of Historic Places since 

the Register was created in 1966, and was designated 

a National Historic Landmark in 1960. 

In addition to the houses, the 10-acre (4.0 ha) site 

features a burying ground dating to the earlier 18th 

century, a reconstructed 1717 stone church, a visitor 

center, a library and archives, and spaces for other 

programming. 

The site is owned and operated by Historic Huguenot 

Street (HHS), which was founded in 1894. In 1899, Historic 

Huguenot Street purchased the Jean Hasbrouck 

House as the first house museum on the street. In the 

1950s and 60s, the organization and related family 

associations purchased most of the remaining stone 

houses in the district and subsequently opened them 

as museums. These acquisitions were funded in large 

part by descendants of the original Huguenot founders. 

Their family associations play a key role in supporting 

the institution today. 

In the 1980s, the organization began offering related 

educational and informative programming to the 

public—which it continues to do today. The site is open 

to the public and programming is offered year-round. 

“In the Moment” interpretations, delivered by staff in 

authentic historical clothing, are now part of the core 

experience, along with other types of programming. 

Visit the official website for current schedules & rates. 


Tourist Attractions: 

Empire State Building 

350 5th Avenue, New York, (212) 736-3100 

Esbnyc.com 

The Empire State Building is among the 

tallest buildings in the country. From this 

building you receive one of the absolutely 

best views of the city. Throughout 

the building you find documentation for 

visitors that tells the history of the building 

and New York. 

Grand Central Terminal 

87 E 42nd Street, New York, (212) 532-4900 

Grandcentralterminal.com 

The Grand Central Terminal is the transportation 

hub of New York. Within this 

building you also discover dining and 

shopping opportunities. The building 

boasts an exceptionally beautiful Beaux- 

Arts architecture. 

Statue of Liberty 

Liberty Island, New York, (201) 915-3400 

Nps.gov/stli 

The Statue of Liberty has become a symbol 

for freedom and friendship throughout 

the country. Originally it was a gift 

from a French designer as a token of 

friendship after the French Revolution. 

The statue has been closed at varying 

times for renovations. 

Rockefeller Center 

W 49th and 5th Avenue, New York, (212) 

632-6868 

Rockefellercenter.com 

Rockefeller Center is famous for its large 

Christmas tree lighting ceremony and 

skating rink. It is also the location nearest 

some of the country’s best morning talk 

shows. It is also the home of Radio City 

Music Hall. This local is a must for anyone 

who wants to learn the very essence of 

the city. 

Ellis Island Immigration 

Museum 

New York, (212) 363-3200 

Ellisisland.org 

Ellis Island boasts a museum in which 

many citizens could trace their lineage 

through the signatures found in the immigration 

records. The locale was once 

used by millions of immigrants as a 

place of registration until the 1950s. The 

museum also offers a wealth of historical 

information. 


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