New York Hudson valley Vanderbilt Mansion Hyde Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, located in Hyde Park, New York is one of America's premier examples of the country palaces built by wealthy industrialists during the Gilded Age. The severe classicism, perfect balance, and heavy ornamentation of Hyde Park, designed for Frederick Vanderbilt by McKim, Mead & White, is a perfect example of Beaux-Arts property entered the National Park Service in 1939. The site includes 211 acres (85 ha) of the original larger property historically called Hyde Park. Situated on the east bank of the Hudson River, the property includes pleasure grounds with stunning views of the river and the distant Catskill Mountains, formal gardens, natural woodlands, and numerous support structures. Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856-1938) purchased the property in 1895 for use as a seasonal country residence.
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