LOWER HUDSON

Union Church of Pontico Hills

http://www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/union-church-pocantico-hills

555 Bedford Road

Tarrytown, NY 10591

Hours: Open Thursdays - Sundays from May 2 to November 30; Saturdays from December 6 to December 21. Open Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Columbus/Indigenous People's Day. (Schedule subject to change due to church activities.) Please see website for exact hours.

Phone: 914.631.8200

Admission: Please see website for rates.

 

Historical Description:

"Henri Matisse, the great French modernist painter, created the beautiful rose window over the chancel as a memorial to, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. She had met Matisse on a number of occasions in Paris during the 1920s, greatly admired his talent and courage as an artist, and collected his work. The rose window was his last work of art before his death in 1954 and was created as a memorial to Abby Rockefeller."

 

The Site:

"All eight windows in the nave of the church were commissioned by David Rockefeller, son of Abby and John D. Rockefeller Jr., in 1963 as memorials for a number of members of the Rockefeller family. The site is only two miles from Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, as well as the Philipsburg Manor."