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Pomegranate Tree
A pomegranate tree bearing fruits.
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Locusts-on-Hudson Estate
The Locusts-on-Hudson estate of Henry Brockholst Livingston (l. 1757-1823), built c. 1797.
Image from a postcard of the 19th century.
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The Hoyt House Known as The Point, Staatsburg, NY, USA
The Point, home of Lydig Munson Hoyt (l. 1821-1868), designed by the architect Calvert Vaux (l. 1824-1895) and built between 1855-1857, taken from the Hoyt family under eminent domain in 1963. Image taken from a 19th-century postcard...
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Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View
Wyndclyffe Estate, home of Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones (l. 1810-1876), the New York socialite who commissioned the building in 1853 and is thought to have inspired the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses", a reference to trying to match...
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Ruins of the Wyndclyffe Estate, South Tower
The south tower of the Wyndclyffe estate of Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones (l. 1810-1876) built in 1853, abandoned in 1950, and now in ruins. Rhinecliff, NY, c. 2005.
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Ruins of Wyndclyffe, Rhinecliff, NY, USA
View of the west side of the estate of Wyndclyffe, built in 1853, once one of the grandest estates of the Hudson River Valley.
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Ruins of the Hoyt House, "The Point"
"The Point", home of the Hoyt family from c. 1857-1963, Staatsburg, NY, USA. Restoration efforts to save the historic structure, designed by Clavert Vaux, are presently underway.
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Hopeland Estate, Staatsburg, NY, USA
Hopeland Estate, Staatsburg, NY, home of the architect and tennis professional Robert "Bob" Palmer Huntington (l. 1869-1949), who built the 35-room Tudor Revival mansion c. 1907. Mansion designed by Calvert Vaux and dismantled between 1940-1950...
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Mills Mansion viewed from the front, Staatsburg, NY, USA
Mills Mansion, also known as "Staatsburgh", located in Staatsburg, NY, USA, seen from the front lower lawn, renovated 1895.
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Gates of Mills Mansion, "Staatsburgh", Staatsburg, NY, USA
The gates of the Mills Mansion estate also known as "Staatsburgh", located in Staatsburg, NY, USA, c. 1906, although the mansion itself was renovated to its present state c. 1895.
