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Coordinates: 41°6′46.793″N 73°51′57.989″W. The mansion c. 1860, before Rockefeller's extensive renovations. The mansion in 1890, after his renovations. Rockwood Hall was a Gilded Age mansion in Mount Pleasant, New York, on the Hudson River. It was best known as the home of William Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller.
Rockefeller State Park Preserve offers quiet countryside walks of all lengths through forested hills and valleys surrounding sunlit pastoral fields. Thirty miles north of New York City, the property is the former Pocantico Hills and Rockwood Hall country estates of John D. Rockefeller family and William Rockefeller.
Rockwood Hall is a distinct section of Rockefeller State Park Preserve with commanding views of the Hudson River and Palisade Cliffs. Between 1886 and 1922, William Rockefeller’s estate was about 1000 acres with a 202-room mansion, a working farm, and a landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
- 1 Rockwood Road, Sleepy Hollow, 10591, NY
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- November 11, 2023
Oct 2022. I recommend that before you go here, you read up on the history of Rockwood Hall (once a beautiful Rockefeller estate). Knowing the history, you have a better appreciation when you walk the grounds and see the ruins. The park is along the Hudson with a grand view of the river and the Mario Cuomo bridge.
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- Phelps Way, Sleepy Hollow, 10570, New York
Estate to Golf Course to Park. William Rockefeller lived at Rockwood Hall until his death from pneumonia on June 24, 1922, at age 81. His heirs decided to sell the property, but when an individual buyer could not be found, a group of investors formed Rockwood Hall, Inc. and purchased the estate.
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Oct 15, 2016 · October 15, 2016 – Sleepy Hollow, NY. Difficulty: easy. Length: approximately 2.5 miles. Route type: circuit. Map: Rockefeller State Park. Rockwood Hall is the site of the former summer home of William Rockefeller (1841-1922), brother of John D. Rockefeller.
The network connects the family's Neo-Georgian house, Kykuit together with its surrounding park and the Rockwood Hall estate of William Rockefeller, which was subsumed by the Pocantico Hills estate after his death. Also included in the district is the farm complex, now the non-profit Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture.
