Arden House
The Arden House is a mansion in Orange County , New York . It sits on a ridge between the Ramapo River and the wooded shores of the Cranberry Lakes , where it overlooks the Hudson Highlands .
The villa was built in 1885 by railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman as a summer residence with 9000 m² of living space. The 6,700 acres of surrounding countryside, now Harriman State Park , are one of them. Until his death in 1909, when it was finally completed, it was a meeting place for the American money nobility . The design comes from the architectural firm Carrère and Hastings , which also planned numerous public buildings such as the Capitol in Washington DC and the New York Public Library . The landscaping was done by Wadley & Smythe . It is located in the part of the Village of Harriman , which makes up the Town of Woodbury , about 1.5 hours drive from Manhattan in the southeast of the state.
Averell Harriman , the builder's son, received the house from his mother in 1915. During World War II he made it available to the United States Navy as a rest home. In 1950 he gave it to Columbia University as the "home" for the political forum The American Assembly founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower . The university also used the building for educational purposes. The Home Office classified it in November 1966 under the name EH Harriman Estate as a National Historic Landmark , which means that its use is restricted to religious, philanthropic or educational purposes.
In 2007, the university sold the building and 150 hectares of forest to the landscape protection organization Open Space Institute (OSINY) for US $ 4.5 million. To cover the costs, the building is up for resale.
References
- ^ American Assembly Conferences ( Memento April 7, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York. National Park Service , accessed August 19, 2019.
- ↑ OSINY, April 16, 2007
Web links
- Arden House , photo 1940
Coordinates: 41 ° 17 ′ 48 ″ N , 74 ° 7 ′ 9 ″ W.