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Have you Visited any of these Hudson Valley Mansions?

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  • Deadicated Apr 28, 2012 @ 1:41 am | delete
    Great Lens, I love New York State, but than again, I'm a little partial.
  • Eliza Mar 30, 2012 @ 9:04 pm | delete
    I would like to visit. I am sad that noone saved the Wyndcliffe Mansion! I cant understand why they wouldnt save such a unigue building. Such a shame!
  • grannysage Mar 20, 2012 @ 7:32 pm | delete
    There is so much to see and do in this country that I'll have to add a couple more lifetimes just to get to them all. What a lot of history in this area. Great pictures and info.
  • 7thStone Mar 20, 2012 @ 10:09 am | delete
    I definitely will now ... I'm sorry to say that we've lived here in the Hudson Valley 8 years now and haven't done as much local sightseeing as we'd like.
  • jptanabe Mar 20, 2012 @ 10:50 am | delete
    I know how it goes - local sightseeing is something we've done mostly with out of town guests!
  • SarahGh Mar 20, 2012 @ 7:40 am | delete
    Such an interesting lens, I have always been a great fan of history :) Thanks!
  • Upon-Request Mar 1, 2012 @ 2:17 pm | delete
    I've never been to the area but you've definitely convinced me that I need to add it to my list of must-see places!
  • MelonyVaughan Feb 24, 2012 @ 7:07 pm | delete
    Simply stunning!
  • Edutopia Feb 14, 2012 @ 1:38 pm | delete
    All of these except Eleanor Roosevelt's and Morse's houses are straight up American castles. And on the subject of Samuel Morse's house, I can't get over how modern the aesthetic is on such an old house. I'd love to go visit it.
  • naheedahsan Feb 6, 2012 @ 2:35 am | delete
    Lots of good info. Very nice lens!!!
  • itgraphix Jan 19, 2012 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    Beautiful place to visit
  • Titia Dec 13, 2011 @ 4:56 am | delete
    Just loved the stroll through your mansions along the Hudson River.
  • jimmyworldstar Dec 3, 2011 @ 4:23 pm | delete
    A lot of these mansions look beautiful and it's great that they've all been pretty well maintained. In away it's like going back in time and getting a glimpse into the lives of their previous owners. I've only been to NYC and Buffalo but I'd love to just take a day trip and explore.
  • LizMac60 Nov 25, 2011 @ 3:54 pm | delete
    Great to see how the other half live. good we can all enjoy the views. Blessed
  • seosmm Nov 25, 2011 @ 9:55 am | delete
    Never been. Looks like a beautiful place. Lots of good info. Very nice lens!
  • Northwestphotos Nov 21, 2011 @ 5:24 pm | delete
    The views of the Hudson are indeed lovely, but I have never visited any of the Hudson Valley mansions. Thank you for sharing the lovely photos!
  • LiteraryMind Nov 18, 2011 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    I have been to the Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park. Also, Sunnyside -- that's a bus trip all New York City school kids take. Nice lens
  • Art_Aspirations Oct 30, 2011 @ 6:11 pm | delete
    Gorgeous! It would be worth a trip across the continent to see some of these estates.
  • Sylvestermouse Oct 17, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    Returning to add my blessing. I would love to take the spook tour in Clermont Mansion.
  • Tipi Oct 14, 2011 @ 11:05 am | delete
    Locust Grove and Olana both have something special that draws me to them and of course all of them have an air of wonder. I can't even imagine what it would cost to duplicate any of them today but good craftsmanship has paid off as they have stood the test of time.
  • fionamckay9 Oct 9, 2011 @ 9:35 am | delete
    Wilderstein mansion looks really spooky. Great lens, very interesting subject matter. Blessed
  • cffutah Oct 8, 2011 @ 11:03 pm | delete
    glad to have read these again.
  • cffutah Sep 27, 2011 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    these were fun to look at, glad I browsed into your lens. If you like to browse lens as I do, mine has a great educational topic with poll questions for my readers to enjoy.
  • eclypsechic Sep 24, 2011 @ 8:53 am | delete
    I love this lens! I live in the Hudson Valley so it's especially awesome for me. :)
  • ZodiacImmortal Sep 15, 2011 @ 2:34 pm | delete
    added This lens to the featured on my http://www.squidoo.com/yonkersny lens.
    I LOVe the architecture of some of those buildings even one of the Churches. & there's a place I never hesrd of on there.
  • happynutritionist Sep 5, 2011 @ 5:50 pm | delete
    This is just wonderful, and none of these are out of reach for day or two trips, I recognize some, but have a lot of Mansion visiting to catch up on. Blessed!
  • daria369 Sep 1, 2011 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Wow - these are some beautiful mansions! Great lens, very much enjoyed it.
  • scarlettohairy Aug 29, 2011 @ 6:16 pm | delete
    Lovely homes. I'd love to visit them all.
  • sousababy Aug 25, 2011 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    Never been but I'd sure love to visit someday. Great lens!
  • bechand Aug 21, 2011 @ 10:14 pm | delete
    I have been to Springwood ...

    I live in the Hudson Valley - I live in Poestenkill - which is just outside Troy,NY - suburb of Albany.
  • MaxReily Aug 21, 2011 @ 4:17 pm | delete
    No, but I'd certainly love to! Fascinating lens!
  • gypsyman27 Aug 20, 2011 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    I have visited that area, simply passing through. It is very beautiful in winter, with the ice and snow. See you around the galaxy...
  • MiddleSister Aug 20, 2011 @ 3:54 pm | delete
    The old mansions are so great to see. They are actually like castles. It's fun to imagine that life.
  • Blonde_Blythe Aug 16, 2011 @ 8:04 am | delete
    No I haven't, but I definitely learned a bunch about them by reading this lens. Great job! :)
  • paperfacets Aug 13, 2011 @ 1:40 pm | delete
    This is a stellar lens. I now want to cruise along the Hudson River. Or drive along the Hudson River. I enjoyed my Squidoo trip. A blessing is bestowed on you.
  • Ramkitten Aug 12, 2011 @ 3:50 pm | delete
    I've been here before (your lens, I mean, but I've also been to the Hudson Valley ... just not to any of the mansions) but wanted to stop back to leave a blessing on my "Back to School Bus Tour."
  • kab Aug 11, 2011 @ 11:35 am | delete
    I haven't been to any of these, but I have been in the Hart-Cluett Mansion in Troy NY.
  • wordstock Aug 9, 2011 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    I love mansions and so just loved this lens. Great job!! Angel blessed.
  • trippste Aug 1, 2011 @ 11:59 pm | delete
    So many beautiful homes in this lens.
  • gottaloveit Jul 24, 2011 @ 7:12 am | delete
    I love how you've included useful info like the tour hours in your beautiful lens. The Mansions of the Hudson Valley certainly are gorgeous.
  • Ruthi Jul 12, 2011 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    That Lyndhurst mansion photo is a gorgeous view!
  • thesuccess May 9, 2011 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    Just traveled down the Hudson and it didn't cost me a cent!
  • aesta1 Apr 1, 2011 @ 3:04 am | delete
    Came back to give this lens my April Fools Blessing!
  • Ramkitten Mar 31, 2011 @ 2:08 pm | delete
    I haven't actually visited any of these mansions, but seeing photos of the Hudson River Valley brings back memories, as I've been there more than once. I walked across a bridge over the Hudson River when I hiked the Appalachian Trail and have driven through the area several times. As much as I enjoy it out here in the southwest, I do miss the east.
  • PeteSchultz Mar 30, 2011 @ 11:47 am | delete
    Very interesting and beautiful tour of historic mansions....I would love to visit in person, and hope I can one day. Thanks for the glimpse today.
  • ohcaroline Mar 17, 2011 @ 9:10 am | delete
    Very interesting lens on the Hudson Valley. I'm leaving you a Lucky Leprechaun Blessing today. :)
  • Mujjen Mar 9, 2011 @ 4:35 am | delete
    Have never visited, but it looks like a place I would like to go to! Beautiful scenery and old, beautiful houses, what a good combination!
  • Wednesday_Elf Feb 5, 2011 @ 2:50 pm | delete
    Back to tell you these beautiful mansions on the Hudson River have been 'featured on' and 'lensrolled to' my newly published 'SquidAngel Blessings by an Elf' lens.
  • BarbRad Jan 21, 2011 @ 6:40 pm | delete
    No, but I'd sure like to. I'm more interested in roaming the gardens than the interiors, so I'd better come when the weather is good and the views are clear.
  • Jewelsofawe Jan 7, 2011 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    It would be so cool to have such a beautiful home as what you see in mansions.
  • WorldVisionary Dec 8, 2010 @ 8:44 am | delete
    What a beautiful lens!
  • DaveStone13 Dec 4, 2010 @ 1:42 pm | delete
    I have. Washington Irving's home as well as both Roosevelt homes.

    Nice lens, well done and thorough. Good job!
  • TheWhistler Nov 24, 2010 @ 11:08 pm | delete
    What a wonderful lens. Such a period in time doesn't last long. The magnificent buildings in the U.K. are all part of some Trust or another. At least they are being preserved. There is a story of King Edward VIII of England, his cousins the Kaiser and the Tsar walking too far in the English countryside. They stopped a man riding by in a carriage an asked for a lift back, which he gave them. The King introduced himself and the others as "I am Edward, King of England, these gentlemen are, Wilhelm, Kaiser of German, and Nicholas, Czar of all the Russias. And you my good man...?"

    "Me I'm bloody Shakespeare."
  • AndyPo Oct 27, 2010 @ 5:06 am | delete
    Excellent lens, as always. Sounds like somewhere I should visit next time I am in America. The views and the mansions look a bit like where I live: Richmond upon Thames in west London, where there are several mansions and palaces along the Thames: Sion House, Ham House (visible from my lounge), Marble Hill, York House...
  • jptanabe Oct 27, 2010 @ 8:56 am | delete
    Good point, Andy. Those who built mansions here certainly imported European, and probably English, aesthetics and culture, not always quite successfully! Interesting to compare the mansions of the Thames with those of the Hudson though.
  • kab Aug 11, 2011 @ 11:41 am | delete
    I love the Dutch architectural elements of the Hudson Valley.
  • aesta1 Oct 20, 2010 @ 4:51 pm | delete
    Now, you have really convinced me to go visit. The view is fantastic and the history is engaging.
  • resabi Oct 19, 2010 @ 4:39 pm | delete
    This is a wonderful tour of the Hudson Valley. I've never visited any of these mansions but I hope to one day (especially Val Kill and Sunnyside). I thoroughly enjoyed spending time on this delightful lens. Blessed and marked for a return visit.
  • bakerwoman Sep 26, 2010 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    No, I have not, but vicariously though your beautiful lens. My dream is to someday live next or near the ocean so the sound of the surf will lull me to sleep.
  • BevsPaper Sep 20, 2010 @ 6:53 am | delete
    Returning to this wonderful article about the Hudson Valley Mansions to give a Squid Angel blessing.
  • missbat Sep 13, 2010 @ 1:18 am | delete
    Some beautiful history and architecture, especially Locust Grove and Wilderstein. Thanks for sharing these!
  • dagsmith Sep 12, 2010 @ 6:16 pm | delete
    I spent 5 summers in this neck of the world - but working all summer ;-) I only got to visit one of these.
  • Cajean Sep 11, 2010 @ 6:44 pm | delete
    Wow, I had NO idea there were so many mansions in NY. I've only recently been to the Vanderbilt in NC, and loved it. This is an excellent lens and makes the viewer ready to head east. Faved, rolled, and starred. :-) Thanks for stopping by my Lens today!
  • Wednesday_Elf Sep 11, 2010 @ 5:03 am | delete
    Hi JP. I've never actually visited any of these mansions of the Hudson Valley, but - wow - reading the names of the NY families and their beautiful homes was like a history lesson back to school days. I grew up in New York State (Rochester, Finger Lakes Region) and have driven along the Hudson River, whose name is SO familiar to me. And the NAMES - any NY State child (of MY day, anyway) knows who the Rockefellers, Roosevelts & Vanderbilts were. And Lyndhurst, Sunnyside, Kykuit and Hyde Park are names I seem to have known all my life! What a lot of memories they bring back! I thoroughly enjoyed my 'tour' of these Hudson Valley Mansions with you and am delighted to be able to leave a ~~SquidAngel Blessing~~
  • poutine Sep 10, 2010 @ 3:44 pm | delete
    No, but after seeing in this lens, what is available to see, I am
    very tempted to visit the Hudson Valley one day.
  • Bella_Stella Sep 9, 2010 @ 6:09 am | delete
    Interesting lens! Check out mine about the
  • Lady_Gotrocks Sep 5, 2010 @ 4:21 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens! I love big old houses! well done! Blessed
  • GrowWear Aug 27, 2010 @ 12:21 pm | delete
    Have toured Biltmore House in Asheville three times, so I know I would love to tour these Hudson Valley mansions as well. It's quite fascinating to see how others choose live.
  • BevsPaper Aug 18, 2010 @ 6:02 am | delete
    My goodness these mansions of the Hudson Valley are really something. Oddly, I was struck more by the unobtrusive home of Eleanor Roosevelt.
  • oztoo Aug 5, 2010 @ 6:39 pm | delete
    Fabulous homes and a wealth of history in the Hudson Valley. I've always loved visiting places like this. Great informative lens.
  • Julia Aug 5, 2010 @ 7:59 am | delete
    I have been to Olana about 10 times, it's always beautiful. Clermont, Montgomery Place, Vanderbuilt, Springwood, and Hyde Park are all best in Spring/ Summer. I visited Lyndhurst in the fall and it was too cold to tour the grounds really. All of the houses are gorgeous and I've never had a bad tour at any of them.
  • vallain Jul 29, 2010 @ 7:21 pm | delete
    Sure would make a great trip to travel along the Hudson to see these mansions.
  • Light-in-me Jul 21, 2010 @ 6:38 pm | delete
    Great lens, I love all of the pictures. I would love to tour all of these, Lyndhurst looks really cool. I love that picture very pretty.
    Nice work interesting and beautiful!
    Robin :)
  • southshoretees May 10, 2010 @ 12:33 am | delete
    Beautiful! I've been to the Hudson River Valley, but I've never visited any of these mansions. I'd like to spend more time there someday.
  • JoanneOtt Apr 27, 2010 @ 2:29 am | delete
    Excellent lens, I love it. I've been to New York City, but haven't as yet seen any other areas of the state.
  • effalicious Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:59 am | delete
    Nice lens, loving it
  • skiesgreen Apr 5, 2010 @ 7:37 pm | delete
    Really nice lens and beautiful valley. Love the pics. Top marks

    Norma
  • LaraineRose Apr 3, 2010 @ 6:14 pm | delete
    I've visited New York 3 times and sadly did not visit along the Hudson River - guess this will give me a reason to go again! Lovely, lovely lens!
  • JaguarJulie Feb 17, 2010 @ 1:07 pm | delete
    Amazing stuff! I think for some reason that I actually visited Clermont many years ago! The Rockefeller Family Home, Kykuit ... how did it get that name of Kykuit?
  • WindyWinters Feb 13, 2010 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    Lovely presentation. I will have to put the Hudson Valley on my travel list. The mansions in this area are quite unique and full of history. Thanks for the introduction. :)
  • Kate-Phizackerley Dec 11, 2009 @ 11:42 am | delete
    Like it! Blessed.
  • Sylvestermouse Dec 11, 2009 @ 8:03 am | delete
    Amazing! Such lavish and beautiful homes with breathtaking views. I didn't realize they were all open for public tours. Just might have to make a little sojourn to your Hudson Valley. It seems a bit ridiculous that I have seen mansions and castles in the UK but not in the US.
  • WordCustard Dec 10, 2009 @ 9:31 am | delete
    Thank you for an introduction to this region - it really does look beautiful and Lyndhurst looks amazing. Val-Kill has a strange name but is so pretty and actually looks quite cosy for a mansion.
  • Jewelsofawe Dec 10, 2009 @ 2:40 am | delete
    I would like to have a mansion.
  • mbgphoto Dec 9, 2009 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    Very cool looking mansions. Love the views!

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