A classic guide to the history and architecture of the historic manors and homes of the Hudson River ValleyHarold 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.
Harold Donaldson Eberlein (1875–1964) was a historian and the author or coauthor of over fifty books on American and European history, architecture, and interior design.
ForewordIntroduction1. TOWN HOUSES AND TOWN LIFE IN NEW YORKEIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND AFTER2. THE PATROONSHIPS3. THE MANORS4. THE PATROONSHIP AND MANOR OF RENSSELAERWYCK5. THE PATROONSHIP OF COLEN DONCK6. THE MANOR OF FORDHAM7. FOX HALL MANOR8. FORT CRAILO, GREENBUSH9. LOWER VAN RENSSELAER MANOR10. THE MANOR OF LIVINGSTONCLERMONTARRYL HOUSEOAK HILL11. PELHAM MANOR12. THE MANOR OF PHILIPSBOROUGHCASTLE PHILIPSE13. THE MANOR OF MORRISANIA14. THE MANOR OF CORTLANDT15. SCARSDALE MANOR16. APTHORPE HOUSE17. THE GRANGE18. THE DYCKMAN HOUSE19. MOUNT MORRIS20. CLAREMONT21. CORTLANDT HOUSE22. THE ODELL HOUSE23. THE VAN CORTLANDT HOUSE24. BEVERLY HOUSE25. CONSTITUTION ISLAND OR MARTELAER'S ROCK26. VAN WYCK HOUSE (WHARTON HOUSE) 27. TELLER HOMESTEAD28. MOUNT GULIAN29. CLEAR EVERITT HOUSE30. TEVIOTDALE31. THE LUDLOW HOUSE32. LINDENWALD33. THE ADAM VAN ALEN HOUSE34. THE PASTURES35. KINGSTON-ON-HUDSON36. OLD HURLEY BY KINGSTON37. NEW PALTZ38. MAPLE GROVE39. THE MILL HOUSE40. WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS41. GENERAL KNOX'S HEADQUARTERS42. THE FALLS HOUSE43. THE CLINTON HOUSE44. THE "TREASON HOUSE" 45. WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS AND ANDRÉ PRISON AT TAPPANIndex
"Harold Donaldson Eberlein's The Manors and Historic Homes of the Hudson Valley is a must-read for intrepid students of architecture or historic preservation, or those with a keen interest in creating a record for a historic space." — H-Net Reviews (H-Environment)