I love old places, and I try to visit them wherever I go. This gallery shows some of the historic places I’ve visited recently. If you like my photos, you might also be interested in my other posts on the subject. What beautiful old places are there where you live? Send me some pictures so I can enjoy them, too!
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Kip’s Castle in Verona, New Jersey. Built 1902-1905.
Olana, the home of Hudson River School painter Frederick Edwin Church, in Hudson, NY. Built 1870-1872.
Painted and carved ceiling decoration in the Veterans Room at the Park Avenue Armory (Seventh Regiment Armory) in New York City. Building completed in 1880; Charles Clinton was the architect.
Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec. Completed in 1843.
Blairsden in Peapack, New Jersey. Built 1898-1903.
Blairsden in Peapack, New Jersey. Built 1898-1903.
Kip’s Castle in Verona, New Jersey. Built 1902-1905.
Period rooms on the ground floor of the Park Avenue Armory (Seventh Regiment Armory) in New York City. Building completed in 1880; Charles Clinton was the architect.
Winterthur in Wilmington, Delaware. Construction of the original wing began in 1837, and additions were made on and off until 1832.
Cedar Grove (home of Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole) in Catskill, NY. Built in the early 19th century.
The Boudinot-Southard-Ross Estate (Ross Farm) in Basking Ridge, NJ. Began in the 1770s.
The Governor’s Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg)
Kip’s Castle in Verona, New Jersey. Built 1902-1905.
Olana, home of Hudson River School painter Frederick Edwin Church, in Hudson, NY. Built 1870-1872.
Union School in New Jersey. Built in 1851.
The Garden Court inside the Frick Collection in New York City. This building was originally the home of Gilded Age industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his family. The first phase of building was completed in 1914. Thomas Hastings was the architect.
Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec. Completed in 1843.
Dining room at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York. Romantic Gothic Revival. Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838-41 & 1964-5.
Winterthur in Wilmington, Delaware. Construction of the original wing began in 1837, and additions were made on and off until 1832.
Stained glass at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York. Romantic Gothic Revival. Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis (architect) and John Lafarge (stained glass), 1838-41 & 1964-5.
Grand staircase of the Park Avenue Armory (Seventh Regiment Armory) in New York City. Building completed in 1880; Charles Clinton was the architect.
A sleeping lion statue at Alnwyck Hall on “Millionaires’ Row” in Morristown, NJ. Designed by Percy Griffin in 1905 for the Meany family.
Winterthur in Wilmington, Delaware. Construction of the original wing began in 1837, and additions were made on and off until 1832.
Alnwyck Hall on “Millionaires’ Row” in Morristown, NJ. Designed by Percy Griffin in 1905 for the Meany family.
Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York.
The Garden Court inside the Frick Collection in New York City. This building was originally the home of Gilded Age industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his family. The first phase of building was completed in 1914. Thomas Hastings was the architect.
Lyndhurst.
Mrs. Gould’s bedroom. Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York.
Vaulted, hand-painted ceiling at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York.
Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York. Romantic Gothic Revival. Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838-41 & 1964-5.
Alnwyck Hall on “Millionaires’ Row” in Morristown, NJ. Designed by Percy Griffin in 1905 for the Meany family.
The Capital in Williamsburg, Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg)
A window from the exterior of Lyndhurst.
Alnwyck Hall on “Millionaires’ Row” in Morristown, NJ. Designed by Percy Griffin in 1905 for the Meany family. Stained glass by Heinigke & Bowen of New York.
Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ. Designed by Ralph Adams Cram, 1920s.
Gothic Revival furniture at Lyndhurst.
Furniture at Lyndhurst.
Lyndhurst stables (now the visitors’ center)
Remains of the hay barn at Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ. Much of the building was consumed by fire in 1915, and the remains are now used as an outdoor sculpture garden.
Ford Mansion (Washington’s Headquarters). Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown, NJ. 1770s.
Mr. Guld’s office at Lyndhurst.
The greenhouse at Duke Farms in Hillsborough, New Jersey. It is designed by Kendall Taylor & Stevens. The greenhouse is one of the only surviving buildings from the Duke family’s time on the estate.
Glynallen Castle in Morris Plains, NJ. Designed by Charles I. Berg form George Allen and family, 1913-1917.
Glynallen Castle in Morris Plains, NJ. Designed by Charles I. Berg for George Allen and family, 1913-1917.
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