Rockefeller home Kykuit - 2006
Kykuit is a historic house built for John D. Rockefeller in 1913 by the architects Chester Holmes Aldrich and William Adams Delano. The Classical Revival mansion took six years to complete. Four generations of Rockefellers called it home before it became a National Trust historic site.
Starting in 1906, Kykuit's grounds was designed by landscape architect William Welles Bosworth, who designed the surrounding terraces and gardens with fountains, pavilions and classical sculpture. This garden is considered Bosworth's best work in the United States, looking out over very fine views of the Hudson River. His original gardens still exist, with plantings carefully replaced over time, although his entrance forecourt was extended in 1913. The gardens are terraced, with formal axes, and include a brook garden, a Temple of Aphrodite, loggia, tea-house, and a semicircular rose garden. In the 1960s and 1970s more than 70 works of modern sculpture were added to the grounds, including works by Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Gaston Lachaise, Aristide Maillol, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, and David Smith.
The mansion features interiors designed by Ogden Codman, Jr., collections of Chinese and European ceramics, fine furnishings and 20th-century art.
Kykuit is located one hour's drive north of New York City. All tours are conducted via shuttle van from the Visitor Center, located at Philipsburg Manor on Rt. 9 in Sleepy Hollow, New York. An admission fee is charged.
"Kykuit" means "lookout" in old Dutch.
Tours of Kykuit begin at Phillipsburg Manor, or take the ferry to Kykuit by calling NY Waterways at 1-800-53-FERRY.
Address: Route 9, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone: 914-631-9491
Web site: http://www.hudsonvalley.org/html/kykuit.htm
Hours of Operation: April 24 - November 7, 1999, open every day except Tuesday. Reservations are strongly recommended, as Kykuit often sells out.
Admission Fees: Adults: $20.00, Seniors: $19.00, Children 10-18: $17.00, not recommended for Children under 10.
Read MoreStarting in 1906, Kykuit's grounds was designed by landscape architect William Welles Bosworth, who designed the surrounding terraces and gardens with fountains, pavilions and classical sculpture. This garden is considered Bosworth's best work in the United States, looking out over very fine views of the Hudson River. His original gardens still exist, with plantings carefully replaced over time, although his entrance forecourt was extended in 1913. The gardens are terraced, with formal axes, and include a brook garden, a Temple of Aphrodite, loggia, tea-house, and a semicircular rose garden. In the 1960s and 1970s more than 70 works of modern sculpture were added to the grounds, including works by Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Gaston Lachaise, Aristide Maillol, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, and David Smith.
The mansion features interiors designed by Ogden Codman, Jr., collections of Chinese and European ceramics, fine furnishings and 20th-century art.
Kykuit is located one hour's drive north of New York City. All tours are conducted via shuttle van from the Visitor Center, located at Philipsburg Manor on Rt. 9 in Sleepy Hollow, New York. An admission fee is charged.
"Kykuit" means "lookout" in old Dutch.
Tours of Kykuit begin at Phillipsburg Manor, or take the ferry to Kykuit by calling NY Waterways at 1-800-53-FERRY.
Address: Route 9, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone: 914-631-9491
Web site: http://www.hudsonvalley.org/html/kykuit.htm
Hours of Operation: April 24 - November 7, 1999, open every day except Tuesday. Reservations are strongly recommended, as Kykuit often sells out.
Admission Fees: Adults: $20.00, Seniors: $19.00, Children 10-18: $17.00, not recommended for Children under 10.
