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T he Hudson Valley is one of the most prominent NYC families: former NYC mayor
Livingston and added onto by later generations, mansions. The estate has been home to three
but over 500 acres of landscaped gardens, meadows,
recognizable landscapes in the country.
Named after the river that Henry Hudson and woodlands.
William Paulding, merchant George Merritt (who
explored, the region is home to several iconic sites
on the property), and railroad tycoon Jay Gould.
which have played an important role in our nation’s HISTORIC CHERRY HILL gave the estate its name for the many Linden trees
history. Here are a few not-to-be-missed places to visit Each owner expanded and reshaped the property
on your next trip along the River: to their tastes, and today, it is home to a massive
collection of art, antiques, and furniture, many of
BOSCOBEL RESTORATION which were designed by architect Alexander
Jackson Davis.
OLANA
3
Albany, NY
historiccherryhill.org
One of Albany’s most recognizable landmarks,
Cherry Hill was built in 1787 for Philip and Maria
1 Van Rensselaer. Rare among this country’s house
Garrison, NY museums, Cherry Hill’s extensive and intact
boscobel.org collection includes more than 70,000 items– 5
This elegant early 19th century Federal-style decorative arts and furnishings, books, diaries, Hudson, NY
olana.org
mansion has an outstanding collection of furniture documents, clothing, bedding, photographs, and
other objects reflecting daily life-all related to the Olana State Historic Site is a historic house museum
and decorative arts of the period. The world-
renowned gardens and 68-acre campus offer a family that lived here between 1787 and 1963. and property, and home to Frederic Edwin
breathtaking view of the Hudson River. The Van Rensselaer-Rankin family amassed several Church, one of the major figures in the Hudson
lifetimes and several households worth of personal River School of landscape painting. The main
papers and possessions during their 176 years of house looks as it did in the 1890s and is fully
CLERMONT STATE occupancy at Cherry Hill. In 1963, when the last decorated with paintings, sculpture, and furnishings
HISTORIC SITE surviving family member died, the house and its that Frederic and Isabel Church acquired and
contents became the Historic Cherry Hill surrounded them and their children, servants, and
Collection – an intact assemblage of one family’s guests in their daily lives. The collection was
material possessions spanning five generations and described by a 19th-century visitor as “a museum
over three hundred years of American history. of fine arts rich in bronzes, paintings, sculptures
and antique and artistic specimens from all over
LYNDHURST MANSION the world.”
THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
HOME, PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY MUSEUM
2
Germantown, NY
Friendsofclermont.org
The original Clermont mansion was built by
Robert Livingston around 1740 on land inherited
from his father Robert Livingston, the First Lord Tarrytown, NY 4
of Livingston Manor, and was home to Robert R. lyndhurst.org
Livingston, New York’s first chancellor, the
highest judge in the state under the original state Constructed in 1838 and located on a bluff over-
constitution. The current site encompasses not looking the Hudson River, Lyndhurst is one of the
only the mansion, rebuilt by Margaret Beekman U.S.’s most stunning examples of Gothic Revival 6
Journal of Antiques and Collectibles
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Livingston and added onto by later generations, mansions. The estate has been home to three
but over 500 acres of landscaped gardens, meadows,
recognizable landscapes in the country.
Named after the river that Henry Hudson and woodlands.
William Paulding, merchant George Merritt (who
explored, the region is home to several iconic sites
on the property), and railroad tycoon Jay Gould.
which have played an important role in our nation’s HISTORIC CHERRY HILL gave the estate its name for the many Linden trees
history. Here are a few not-to-be-missed places to visit Each owner expanded and reshaped the property
on your next trip along the River: to their tastes, and today, it is home to a massive
collection of art, antiques, and furniture, many of
BOSCOBEL RESTORATION which were designed by architect Alexander
Jackson Davis.
OLANA
3
Albany, NY
historiccherryhill.org
One of Albany’s most recognizable landmarks,
Cherry Hill was built in 1787 for Philip and Maria
1 Van Rensselaer. Rare among this country’s house
Garrison, NY museums, Cherry Hill’s extensive and intact
boscobel.org collection includes more than 70,000 items– 5
This elegant early 19th century Federal-style decorative arts and furnishings, books, diaries, Hudson, NY
olana.org
mansion has an outstanding collection of furniture documents, clothing, bedding, photographs, and
other objects reflecting daily life-all related to the Olana State Historic Site is a historic house museum
and decorative arts of the period. The world-
renowned gardens and 68-acre campus offer a family that lived here between 1787 and 1963. and property, and home to Frederic Edwin
breathtaking view of the Hudson River. The Van Rensselaer-Rankin family amassed several Church, one of the major figures in the Hudson
lifetimes and several households worth of personal River School of landscape painting. The main
papers and possessions during their 176 years of house looks as it did in the 1890s and is fully
CLERMONT STATE occupancy at Cherry Hill. In 1963, when the last decorated with paintings, sculpture, and furnishings
HISTORIC SITE surviving family member died, the house and its that Frederic and Isabel Church acquired and
contents became the Historic Cherry Hill surrounded them and their children, servants, and
Collection – an intact assemblage of one family’s guests in their daily lives. The collection was
material possessions spanning five generations and described by a 19th-century visitor as “a museum
over three hundred years of American history. of fine arts rich in bronzes, paintings, sculptures
and antique and artistic specimens from all over
LYNDHURST MANSION the world.”
THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
HOME, PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY MUSEUM
2
Germantown, NY
Friendsofclermont.org
The original Clermont mansion was built by
Robert Livingston around 1740 on land inherited
from his father Robert Livingston, the First Lord Tarrytown, NY 4
of Livingston Manor, and was home to Robert R. lyndhurst.org
Livingston, New York’s first chancellor, the
highest judge in the state under the original state Constructed in 1838 and located on a bluff over-
constitution. The current site encompasses not looking the Hudson River, Lyndhurst is one of the
only the mansion, rebuilt by Margaret Beekman U.S.’s most stunning examples of Gothic Revival 6
Journal of Antiques and Collectibles
26
