Ledgewood Estate
| Ledgewood Estate | |
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 Main House | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Gilded Age,American Renaissance |
| Location | Hyde Park, NY |
| Completed | October 1796 |
Ledgewood Estate, located in Hyde Park, New York, is one of America's oldest examples of a country home built by an industrialist during the Gilded Age.
The site includes 9 acres from the original property, and 880 from the original larger property historically named Hyde Park. Situated on the east bank of the Hudson River, the property includes grounds with views of the river and the distant Catskill Mountains, gardens, natural woodlands, and auxiliary structures. The Frederick Law Olmsted-inspired grounds have been maintained since original ownership and have been modified to include a pool and an all-weather tennis court with original barn and work shed. Ledgewood on the Hudson, located at 4699 Albany Post Road, is the historical home built in 1796 and was originally the centerpiece of a large dairy farm belonging to the Huyler Family. It is the oldest estate still standing on the Hudson River. The Huylers were dairy farmers that owned the surrounding 880 acres; they also operated a successful chocolate manufacturing business. John S. Huyler of Huyler's Candy and Restaurants company (1883) used the residence as a country retreat as he built his company in New York. John S. Huyler advised and consulted The Hershey Company in their founding years, and many meetings were held at the Ledgewood Estate. In 1886, the Fredrick Vanderbilt Mansion was built next to the Ledgewood estate, and in the 1800s the Roosevelt Family built Springwood nearby, the home of Franklin D Roosevelt, currently a National Historic site.
Its main feature of the Estate is the distinguished architectural styles of Richard Morris Hunt, with Charles Follen McKim architecture. Designed and built in 1796, the house is a good example of the Gilded Age architectural style and one of the architects' finest residential projects. The interior of the mansion is an archetype of the American Renaissance, most notably in the paneled Presidential Library. Materials for the construction of the home were locally sourced from the woodlands of New York and reclaimed wood from a Vermont milling factory in original condition, with imported Dutch wood from Amsterdam. The Gandhis, the Estate's most recent owners, took great lengths to fine-tune the home to state-of-the-art features and restored grounds.
History
The Huyler family sold the estate to the Beckett Family in 1924, occupying the home for 46 years until 1970, upon selling to the Ingegnos'. The Ingegnos' lived in Ledgewood for 30 years until selling the home to Caroline Carrey in 2000. Finally, the Estate came into the Gandhis' possession in 2013, who currently own the home.
Grounds
The Fredrick Olmsted-inspired grounds feature 400 oak and maple trees as well as apple and cherry trees.
See also
Further reading
- Great Houses of the Hudson River, Michael Middleton Dwyer, editor, with preface by Mark Rockefeller, Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, published in association with Historic Hudson Valley, 2001. ISBN 0-8212-2767-X.
- "Montreat History Society" Presbyterian Heritage Centre Hyde Park, NY Oct. 2, 1910
References
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