KYKUIT, JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ESTATE TARRYTOWN, NY. Wikipedia, Kykuit is located in New York Location 200 Lake Rd., Pocantico Hills, Mt. Pleasant, New York, USA Nearest city White Plains, New York Coordinates 41°05′23″N 73°50′40″WCoordinates: 41°05′23″N 73°50′40″W Area 3,400 acres (1,380 ha) Built 1913 Architect Chester Holmes Aldrich and William Adams Delano (house) William Welles Bosworth (landscape) Ogden Codman (interior design) Kykuit (/ˈkaɪkʌt/ KEYE-kut), Dutch for lookout,[3] is situated on the highest point in the hamlet of Pocantico Hills, overlooking the Hudson River at Tappan Zee. Located near Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, it enjoys a view of the New York City skyline twenty-five miles to the south. One of Americas most famous private residences, Kykuit was originally designed as a steep-roofed three-story stone mansion by the architects Chester Holmes Aldrich and William Adams Delano. Aldrich was a distant relative of the younger Rockefellers wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, who was involved as artistic consultant and in the interior design of the mansion. The elder Rockefeller had purchased land in the area as early as 1893 after his brother William had built a 204-room mansion, Rockwood Hall, in the area. The initial eclectic structure took six years to complete. Before being occupied it was substantially rebuilt in its present four-story Classical Revival Georgian form. Completed in 1913, it has two basement levels filled with interconnecting passageways and service tunnels. The homes interiors were designed by Ogden Codman, Jr., and feature collections of Chinese and European ceramics, fine furnishings and 20th-century art.It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. In 1979, its occupant, Nelson Rockefeller, bequeathed upon his death his one-third interest in the estate to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As a result, Kykuit is now open to the public for tours conducted by Historic Hudson Valley.
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