Pumpkin blaze sleepy hollow windows#

At Van Cortlandt Manor, the themed-tours concentrate on interpreting lifestyles and history of the New Nation Period that immediately followed the American Revolution. Sunnyside focuses on Washington Irving and the Romantic movement in 19th-century literature, landscape, and architecture. Philipsburg Manor concentrates on telling the story of slavery in the colonial north. Tours at Philipsburg Manor, Sunnyside, and Van Cortlandt Manor use the third-person 'living history' approach by interpreters in historic clothing supplemented by hands-on demonstrations of period work and leisure activities, while Kykuit and the Union Church use a more traditional lecture/discussion approach. Historic Hudson Valley focuses its work on three key areas: The organization is governed by a volunteer board of trustees and funds its operation through visitor admission and membership fees, annual fundraising, and an annual draw from its largely unrestricted endowment. In 1992, Historic Hudson Valley's IRS status changed from that of a private foundation to a public, not-for-profit organization. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund leased the property from the National Trust, and in 1991, entered into a partnership with Historic Hudson Valley to operate a program of public tours, which started in 1994. Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, had been left to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the will of Governor Nelson A. (Historic Hudson Valley sold Montgomery Place to Bard College in January 2016.) The purchase of Montgomery Place was part of a strategy to expand the organization's influence in the Hudson River Valley beyond Westchester County, a change in strategy accompanied by a change in name the following year to Historic Hudson Valley.

Pumpkin blaze sleepy hollow windows#

In 1984, Sleepy Hollow Restorations acquired title to the Union Church of Pocantico Hills (which contains stained glass windows by Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall given by members of the Rockefeller family), and In 1986, acquired Montgomery Place in Dutchess County. In 1950, Rockefeller arranged for the transfer of the title to Philipsburg Manor, which had been operated by the Historic Society of the Tarrytowns, to Sleepy Hollow Restorations, and in 1953, he acquired Van Cortlandt Manor and brought a team of historians and architects from Colonial Williamsburg to restore and refurnish it. In 1945, Rockefeller purchased Sunnyside from Washington Irving's collateral descendants and underwrote its restoration. He saw in all three the potential to educate the public about the history and culture of the Hudson River Valley and wished to assure their preservation and public access. He created Sleepy Hollow Restorations to preserve Sunnyside, the home of the celebrated writer Washington Irving Philipsburg Manor and Van Cortlandt Manor. Rockefeller Jr., who was deeply interested in preserving places of historic importance, had provided the funding for the establishment of Colonial Williamsburg, among other projects. Historic Hudson Valley continues to operate under the same charter. Rockefeller Jr., when the state of New York chartered the organization as a non-profit educational institution. Historic Hudson Valley was formally founded in 1951 as Sleepy Hollow Restorations by John D.

Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson.

Union Church of Pocantico Hills in Pocantico Hills.

Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Tarrytown.

Philipsburg Manor House in Sleepy Hollow.

Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills (owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation).The organization operates at five historic sites in Westchester County open for public tours: The organization runs tours and events at five historic properties in Westchester County, in the lower Hudson River Valley. Historic Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. Not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization