Architecture Walks: The Best Outings Near New York City

Lucy D. Rosenfeld; Marina Harrison

Published by Rutgers University Press 2010

Architecture Walks

The Best Outings Near New York City

Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813549163

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About this book

Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern design, authors Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison guide you on a tour of inspiring, informative, and aesthetically intriguing architectural treasures in and around the New York area.

Early colonial saltboxes, as-yet-unfinished contemporary structures on college campuses, nineteenth-century follies, Gilded Age palaces, lighthouses, windmills, romantic ruins-- the pages of this delightful book, filled with adventures, treat readers to sites within approximately two hours' driving time from New York City. With book in hand readers will marvel at college campuses, small villages, planned and utopian communities, National Historic Sites, castles and forts, churches and temples of architectural interest, and even a Buddhist monastery, all in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, the eastern edge of Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

By including descriptions of architectural styles, suggestions for special adventures, and lists of jaunts arranged by architect or designer, architectural style, and particular types of sites, Rosenfeld and Harrison help make day trips even more enjoyable. Whether explorers or armchair adventurers, readers of all ages will find something that captures their interest in the nearly one hundred sites and forty photos included in Architecture Walks.

Author / Editor information

LUCY D. ROSENFELD is the author of more than twenty-five books on art, travel, and architecture, including The Architect's Garden: 45 Original Landscapes.MARINA HARRISON, an editor, has published eight books with Lucy D. Rosenfeld, among them History Walks in New Jersey and A Guide to Green New Jersey, featured in the New York Times (both Rutgers University Press). Lifelong friends, the authors continue to work together on a variety of projects.

Reviews

"In Architecture Walks we get an engaging confluence of architecture and history. You should buy Architecture Walks and stick it in the car, in case you ever find yourself with time on your hands—and have another copy in the house to plan a trip. It's a splendid addition to the New Jersey bookshelf and I can't wait to hit the road."

— The Beachcomber

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
CONNECTICUT
1. ICONIC MODERNISM: The Glass House of Philip Johnson, New Canaan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. THREE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL TREASURES ON THE CONNECTICUT SHORE: Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob; Ogden House, Fairfield; and Judson House, Stratford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
3. TWO ARCHITECTURAL ECCENTRICITIES: Gillette Castle and Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
4. A BUSTLING, CAREFULLY PRESERVED COLONIAL VILLAGE: Litchfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
5. A MODERNIST CHURCH IN THE SHAPE OF A FISH First: Presbyterian Church, Stamford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
6. FROM McKIM, MEAD & WHITE TO CESAR PELLI: The Architects of Waterbury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
7. A WALK THROUGH THE “JEWEL OF LONG ISLAND SOUND”: Southport Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
8. TRADITION MEETS THE CONTEMPORARY: Yale University Architecture, New Haven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
9. EXUBERANT VICTORIANA: The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
10. EXCEPTIONAL STAINED GLASS, BOTH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN: Bethel, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Stamford, and Waterbury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
11. HISTORIC SITES IN A COASTAL COMMUNITY: Guilford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
12. CONTRASTING ARCHITECTURAL NEIGHBORS: Bridgeport Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
And Keep in Mind . . .
13. BERLIN HISTORIC DISTRICT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
14. TWO FORTS NEAR NEW HAVEN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
15. HOTCHKISS CLOCKTOWER, SHARON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
16. MILFORD’S WHARF LANE COMPLEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
NEW YORK STATE: LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
1. SUNNYSIDE: One of America’s Favorite Houses, Irvington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
2. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S “USONIA”: A Planned Community, Pleasantville Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
3. BUDDHIST SYMBOLS AND INFLUENCES IN RURAL PUTNAM COUNTY: Chuang Yen Monastery, Carmel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4. BOSCOBEL: A Hudson River Estate in the Federal Style, Garrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5. MANITOGA/THE RUSSELL WRIGHT CENTER: Unique Architecture by a Prominent Twentieth- Century Designer of Decorative Arts, Garrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
6. PHILIPSBURG MANOR: Northern Plantation Style, Tarrytown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
7. LYNDHURST: A Romantic Castle, Tarrytown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
8. KYKUIT: Palatial Glamour in a Classical Revival Estate, Pocantico Hills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
And Keep in Mind . . .
9. THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH OF SLEEPY HOLLOW: A VERY EARLY HOUSE OF WORSHIP, NORTH TARRYTOWN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
10. UNION CHURCH OF POCANTICO HILLS: WHERE CHAGALL AND ARCHITECTURE MEET Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
11. VAN CORTLANDT MANOR: AN EXAMPLE OF A DUTCH PATENT HOUSE, CROTON-ON-HUDSON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
NEW YORK STATE: MID-HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
1. THE ITALIANATE STYLE OF AMERICA’S RENAISSANCE: MAN Samuel F. B. Morse’s Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
2. SPECTACULAR CAMPUS ADDITIONS BY FRANK GEHRY AND RAFAEL VIÑOLY: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
3. A McKIM, MEAD & WHITE EXTRAVAGANZA IN THE BEAUX ARTS STYLE: The Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
4. ALEXANDER JACKSON DAVIS AND ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING JOIN FORCES ON A HUDSON RIVER ESTATE: Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5. TOURING ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY ON A VENERABLE CAMPUS: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
6. THE ARTIST’S IMAGINATION IN A DRAMATIC MOORISH PALACE: Olana, Hudson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7. THE “PICTURESQUE” IN ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Wilderstein, Rhinebeck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
8. RICHARD UPJOHN’S VENTURE INTO SECULAR ITALIANATE ARCHITECTURE: Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
9. MILLS MANSION: A McKim, Mead & White Estate, Staatsburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
And Keep in Mind . . .
10. WING’S CASTLE, MILLBROOK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
11. CLERMONT, GERMANTOWN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
NEW YORK STATE: WEST OF THE HUDSON
1. THE STONE HOUSES OF HUGUENOT STREET: New Paltz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
2. ROMANTIC CASTLE RUINS ON AN ISLAND: Bannerman’s Castle, Pollepel Island Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
3. ENVIRONMENTAL ART — OR ARCHITECTURE: Opus 40, Woodstock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
4. A VICTORIAN WATERFRONT VILLAGE: Historic Rondout, Kingston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
5. EXPLORING THE STOCKADE DISTRICT: Kingston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
6. A RUSTIC VILLAGE OF EARLY DUTCH AND HUGUENOT DESIGN: Hurley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
7. GOTHIC SPLENDOR AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: West Point Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
And Keep in Mind . . .
8. THE “COTTAGES” OF ELEGANT ONTEORA PARK, JEWETT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
NEW YORK STATE: LONG ISLAND
1. OLD BETHPAGE VILLAGE RESTORATION: Rural Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Long Island Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
2. MELDING EAST AND WEST: The Charles B. Wang Center at SUNY – Stony Brook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
3. THE GILDED LIFE: Three Glamorous Long Island Estates of the Early Twentieth Century: Eagle’s Nest (the Vanderbilt Museum), Centerport; Westbury House, Old Westbury; and Falaise, Sands Point Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
4. A GOTHIC REVIVAL LANDMARK: The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
5. BEACHFRONT, DECO-ERA ICON: Jones Beach, Wantagh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6. IN SEARCH OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE: Stony Brook, Setauket, East Setauket, and Smithtown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
7. ROSLYN PRESERVES THE PAST: Visiting Cedarmere and Other Pleasures of the Nineteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8. EXPLORING THE LONG ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE: Eaton’s Neck Light, Huntington Harbor Light, Old Field Light, Stepping Stones Light, and Others Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
9. LOOKING AT WINDMILLS ON THE EASTERN END OF LONG ISLAND: Water Mill Museum, Beebe Windmill, Hook Windmill, and Pantigo Windmill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
And Keep in Mind . . .
10. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GLEN COVE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
11. BROOKLYN WATERWORKS, FREEPORT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
12. ROCK HALL MUSEUM, LAWRENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
13. SAINT GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
NEW JERSEY
1. AN EARLY QUAKER COMMUNITY WITH A COLONIAL AND FEDERAL STREETSCAPE: Mount Holly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
2. WHERE THOMAS EDISON LIVED AND WORKED: Glenmont and the Edison National Historic Sites, West Orange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
3. A COLONIAL STREETSCAPE ON THE DELAWARE: The Well-Preserved Town of Burlington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
4. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY’S STARTLING CONTEMPORARY ADDITIONS TO ITS GOTHIC CAMPUS: Princeton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
5. A BAUHAUS-INSPIRED UTOPIAN VILLAGE: Roosevelt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
6. GUARDIANS OF THE NEW JERSEY COASTLINE: The Lighthouse as Architecture: Sandy Hook, Barnegat, Navesink, Cape May, Hereford Inlet, East Point, Finn’s Point Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
7. CRAF TSMAN FARMS: The Arts and Crafts Aesthetic, Morris Plains Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
8. A VICTORIAN VILLAGE ON THE SHORE: The Planned Community of Ocean Grove Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
9. THREE ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS AT LIBERTY STATE PARK: Railroad Terminal, Environmental Center, and Ellis Island Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
10. A VICTORIAN STREETSCAPE OF DECORATIVE HOUSES: Belvidere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
11. RURAL VILLAGES OF THE PAST: Walnford, Allaire, Batsto, and Feltville Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
12. A FANCIFUL VICTORIAN SEASIDE RESORT: Cape May Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
13. AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MORAVIAN VILLAGE BUILT OF STONE: Hope Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
14. ARCHITECTURAL PLEASURES IN A HISTORIC TOWN SETTING: Perth Amboy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
15. SKYLANDS: A Deliberately “Aged” Mansion by John Russell Pope, Ringwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
And Keep in Mind . . .
16. DICKINSON HOUSE: A PATTERNED BRICK HOUSE IN ALLOWAY TOWNSHIP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
17. A PICTURESQUE RAILROAD STATION, TENAFLY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
18. BUCCLEIGH: A GEORGIAN MANSION, NEW BRUNSWICK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
19. THE RUINS OF UNDERCLIFF: “BLOOMER’S BEACH,” ENGLEWOOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
20. THE RUINS OF LONG POND, HEWITT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
21. A RIVERSIDE MILL AND HISTORIC VILLAGE, CLINTON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
22. A LOUIS KAHN ICON: THE “TRENTON” BATHHOUSE, EWING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA
1. FROM GEORGIAN BRICK TO GOTHIC REVIVAL: The Historic River Town of New Castle, Delaware Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
2. GREY TOWERS: A French-Style Château in Rural Pennsylvania, Milford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
3. PYRAMIDS, GOTHIC ARCHES, AND CLASSICAL TEMPLES: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
4. MODERNISM MEETS SYMBOLISM: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
5. HENRY CHAPMAN MERCER LEAVES HIS “ARTS AND CRAFTS” MARK ON A SMALL TOWN: Doylestown, Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
6. A WALKING TOUR THROUGH A TREASURE TROVE OF HISTORIC HOUSES: Doylestown, Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
7. A NINETEENTH-CENTURY RAILROAD VIADUCT BALANCING PROGRESS AND NATURAL BEAUTY: Starrucca Viaduct, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
And Keep in Mind . . .
8. AN ARCHITECTURAL DRIVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: From Milford to Cortez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
9. A HISTORIC VILLAGE AND WILLIAM PENN’S ESTATE: Fallsington and Morrisville, Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
10. AN EARLY ROEBLING SUSPENSION BRIDGE: Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
Glossary of Architectural Styles in the Region Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Choosing an Outing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 40 illustrations. 40 black and white halftones

eBook

Published: January 25, 2010
ISBN: 9780813549163