Gateway
to the Hudson River Valley
What
is the Hudson River Valley Institute?
Contact Us
Forward
this message to friends and organizations that would like to be
updated about new features on the Digital Library and Portal Site
and have them send us their e-mail addresses.
|
|
Upcoming
Events
Click above for our on-line calendar.
A
Colonial Holiday
Fort
Stanwix will be decorated with ethnic holiday displays and the celebration
of the Yuletide season will take place with traditional music. This
event coincides with the City of Rome's annual holiday celebration.
St.
Nicholas Celebration
Bring
your family to Philipsburg Manor to experience the Dutch tradition
of St. Nicholas Day. Meet St. Nicholas in his dramatic Bishop’s
hat and long snowy beard, as he rewards children for their good
deeds through the year. Listen as he retells the story of his miracles.
Take a holiday tour of the Manor House and learn why Santa fills
your stocking at Christmas. Enjoy a craft activity, and a sing-along
of festive holiday songs.
Visions
of Sugarplums
Visit
Montgomery Place and travel back to the 1890’s and enjoy a Victorian
Christmas, for a whirlwind trip back to the holiday season as celebrated
during the late 19th century. Horse-drawn carriages whisk visitors
along a lantern-lit drive to the doors of the mansion, decorated
for a Christmas holiday of the 1890’s. Inside the historic mansion,
period toys, decorations and music add to the festive atmosphere.
Washington's
Headquarters by Candlelight
Washington's
Headquarters By Candlelight - open house. Hasbrouck house, fragrantly
decorated for Yuletide, with live music for the holiday, hot spiced
cider and cookies beside an open fire.
Cold
Spring by Candlelight
A day and evening event with holiday house tours
of unique and Historic houses in the Village of Cold Spring. As
many as 10 houses are expected to be a part of this year's tour. Cold Spring's stores and shops will be open
late for holiday shopping and the village restaurants will be offering
specials to event attendees. Expect carolers, town criers and visits
from Old St. Nick. Holiday storytelling and refreshments will be
served at the historic Butterfield Library.
Victorian
House Tours
Seasonal
decorations by local florists. An annual Wilderstein tradition
for over 20 years, it occurs every weekend in December.
|
|
New
on the Web
An
American Loyalist
This book deals with the ordeal of Frederick Philipse III and
is now available on our website for you to view.
Susan
Warner Journals
We have made available a piece of Susan Warner journals. This
is an ongoing project and we will be adding more soon.
|
|
|
This Month's Featured Website |
|
Historic Hudson Valley, an acknowledged leader in the field of historic
preservation and education, is a network of six historic sites in
Sleepy Hollow Country and the Great Estates Region. The organization's
mission is to preserve the culture, landscape, and history of the
Hudson River Valley, and to present this heritage to the public
through educational outreach, daily programming at historic properties,
and special events. The sites are Washington Irving's Sunnyside,
Tarrytown, NY; Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, a National Trust
historic site (maintained and administered by the Rockefeller Brothers
Fund); Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow, NY; The Union Church of
Pocantico Hills; Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, NY; and
Montgomery Place Historic Estate in Annandale, NY. The sites have
special things planned for the holidays, visit their events calendar for more information. |
This Months’s Featured Historic Site
|
Staatsburgh,
is a New York State Historic Site located within the boundaries
of Mills-Norrie State Park. It is an elegant example of the great
estates built by America's financial and industrial leaders during
the Gilded Age. A 25-room Greek Revival structure was built on the
site in 1832 by Morgan Lewis and his wife, Gertrude Livingston,
replacing an earlier house that had burned down. This second house
was inherited by Ruth Livingston Mills, wife of noted financier
and philanthropist Ogden Mills. For the holidays, the mansion is
full of elaborate turn-of-the-century holiday decorations, flower
arrangements, Christmas trees festooned with Edwardian style ornaments,
and spectacular dining room decorations based on historic themes. |
This Month’s Featured Historic Town
of the Hudson River Valley
Rhinebeck
| Rhinebeck
is a beautiful, historic area nestled in the lush, rolling hills
of Dutchess County, in the scenic Hudson River Valley. With 437
sites listed on the National Historic Register, Rhinebeck comprises
one of the largest historic districts in the United States. Rhinebeck
boasts eight miles of an area known as The Sixteen Mile Historic
District composed of thirty contiguous riverfront estates associated
with the landed aristocracy in the Hudson Valley during the eighteenth,
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They also love to celebrate
the holidays in Rhinebeck. Some of their celebrations include the
annual tree lighting ceremony with a Santa Parade and tours and
such of the historic houses, decorated for the Yuletide Season.
Visit their Calendar
of Events for more information. |
|
|
