Life Along The Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family

This gorgeous oversized tome features thirty-six sublime country homes many overlooking the Hudson River.This scenic stretch of estates along the Hudson offers some of the finest examples of American architecture and landscape design. The edition's thirty-five featured homes were designed in a range of styles by notable architects Stanford White A. J. Davis Calvert Vaux Warren and Wetmore and more. All pair exquisite interiors with expansive lush lawns and riverfront views. Formerly country homes for eighteenth-century landed gentry and nineteenth-century industrialists--Astors Chanlers Chapmans Delanos Roosevelts--they include Dutch colonial cottages and grand Gothic Revival Federal Georgian and Beaux-Arts residences. Constructed on land owned by the influential Livingston family who settled in the area in the late seventeenth century many have been restored to their former splendor by the original owners' descendants as well as recent leaders of New York City industry and the arts including Richard Jenrette and Brice Marden.

Hardcover: 336 pages

Publisher: Rizzoli (September 18 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780847863235

ISBN-13: 978-0847863235

ASIN: 0847863239

Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 1.4 x 11.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds