Vanderbilt Mansion

Historically known as Hyde Park, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is one of the region's oldest Hudson River estates. For nearly two centuries, this place has been home to socially prominent New Yorkers. A superb example of its type, Hyde Park represents the domestic ideal of the elite class in the late nineteenth-century America. It provides a glimpse of estate life, the social stratification of the period, and the world of the American millionaire during the era historians refer to as the Gilded Age.

The National Park Service preserves over 200 acres of the original property, including historic buildings, original furnishings, manicured landscapes, natural woodlands, formal gardens and associated documents. The centerpiece of the estate is the mansion, a masterpiece of American Beaux-Arts design by the distinguished architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.

Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site

"Downstairs/Upstairs at the Vanderbilt Mansion" - Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 pm June - October

Top Cottage: A Retreat Fit for a President - Tuesday and Wednesday, June - October (Check link for dates and times)

Summer Hikes - June  - September 2014

Summer Concert Series at the Vanderbilt Mansion - June - August 2014 (Carpooling recommended)

Warblers, Woods and Watersheds - A Brief Tour of Park Resources and How They are Monitored - August 15, 2013 (Meet at Eleanor Roosevelt NHS at 10:00am. 1 and 1/2 hour walking tour. (Limited to 20 participants) 845-486-1966

Monitoring in a Climate of Change - Primer on Climate Change and NETN Monitoring Initiatives. - August 15, 2013 Meet at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center 2:00pm. 2hrs. (Limited to 20 participants) 845-486-1966

History Speaks - August 17, 2013

Cottage Conversations - August 18, 2013 (Sold out)