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The Manors and Historic Homes of the Hudson Valley
About this book
A classic guide to the history and architecture of the historic manors and homes of the Hudson River Valley
Harold Donaldson Eberlein's The Manors and Historic Homes of the Hudson Valley has been considered an essential and elegant resource ever since its first publication by J.B. Lippincott in 1924. Profusely illustrated with drawings, classic prints, and photographs (many of the latter taken by the author himself), the book not only discusses the architecture and beauty of more than thirty-five historically relevant estates and homesteads, but also contextualizes their varied histories amid key social and political disruptions, ranging from the rise of the Dutch through to the American Revolution and the heyday of the patroonships overseen by such families as the Livingstons, the Van Rensselaers, and the Van Cortlandts. Eberlein saw the old manors and historic homes of the Hudson Valley as vital signposts to that history of the region- a history "inseparably bound up with the old houses that stand upon both banks of the river, and [a history which] without them ⊠would lose its dramatic force and become a dull, dead abstraction." This new edition features an introduction by historian Ed Renehan who sets the work in the context of its time, and many new photographs. This book is an indispensable resources for those interested in New York state history and the stories behind some of its best-loved homes.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I. Town Houses and Town life in New York
- II. The Patroonships
- III. The Manors
- IV. The Patroonship and Manor of Rensselaerwyck
- V. The Patroonship of Colen Donck
- VI. The Manor of Fordham
- VII. Fox Hall Manor
- VIII. Fort Crailo, Greenbush
- IX. Lower van Rensselaer Manor
- X. The Manor of Livingston
- XI. Pelham Manor
- XII. The Manor of Philipsborough
- XIII. The Manor of Morrisania
- XIV. The Manor of Cortlandt
- XV. Scarsdale Manor
- XVI. Apthorpe House
- XVII. The Grange
- XVIII. The Dyckman House
- XIX. Mount Morris
- XX. Claremont
- XXI. Cortlandt House
- XXII. The Odell House
- XXIII. The van Cortlandt House
- XXIV. Beverly House
- XXV. Constitution Island or Martelaerâs Rock
- XXVI. Van Wyck House (Wharton House)
- XXVII. Teller Homestead
- XXVIII. Mount Gulian
- XXIX. Clear Everitt House
- XXX. Teviotdale
- XXXI. The Ludlow House
- XXXII. Lindenwald
- XXXIII. The Adam van Alen House
- XXXIV. The Pastures
- XXXV. Kingston-on-Hudson
- XXXVI. Old Hurley by Kingston
- XXXVII. New Paltz
- XXXVIII. Maple Grove
- XXXIX. The Mill House
- XL. Washingtonâs Headquarters
- XLI. General Knoxâs Headquarters
- XLII. The Falls House
- XLIII. The Clinton House
- XLIV. The âTreason Houseâ
- XLV. Washingtonâs Headquarters and AndrĂ© Prison at Tappan
- Index
- Back Cover