4. A GOTHIC REVIVAL LANDMARK: The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xiii
4. CONNECTICUT
5. 1. ICONIC MODERNISM: The Glass House of Philip Johnson, New Canaan 1
6. 2. THREE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL TREASURES ON THE CONNECTICUT SHORE: Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob; Ogden House, Fairfield; and Judson House, Stratford 8
7. 3. TWO ARCHITECTURAL ECCENTRICITIES: Gillette Castle and Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam 11
8. 4. A BUSTLING, CAREFULLY PRESERVED COLONIAL VILLAGE: Litchfield 15
9. 5. A MODERNIST CHURCH IN THE SHAPE OF A FISH First: Presbyterian Church, Stamford 18
10. 6. FROM McKIM, MEAD & WHITE TO CESAR PELLI: The Architects of Waterbury 20
11. 7. A WALK THROUGH THE “JEWEL OF LONG ISLAND SOUND”: Southport 26
12. 8. TRADITION MEETS THE CONTEMPORARY: Yale University Architecture, New Haven 29
13. 9. EXUBERANT VICTORIANA: The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk 36
14. 10. EXCEPTIONAL STAINED GLASS, BOTH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN: Bethel, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Stamford, and Waterbury 38
15. 11. HISTORIC SITES IN A COASTAL COMMUNITY: Guilford 42
16. 12. CONTRASTING ARCHITECTURAL NEIGHBORS: Bridgeport 44
17. And Keep in Mind . . .
18. 13. BERLIN HISTORIC DISTRICT 46
19. 14. TWO FORTS NEAR NEW HAVEN 46
20. 15. HOTCHKISS CLOCKTOWER, SHARON 47
21. 16. MILFORD’S WHARF LANE COMPLEX 47
22. NEW YORK STATE: LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
23. 1. SUNNYSIDE: One of America’s Favorite Houses, Irvington 51
24. 2. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S “USONIA”: A Planned Community, Pleasantville 54
25. 3. BUDDHIST SYMBOLS AND INFLUENCES IN RURAL PUTNAM COUNTY: Chuang Yen Monastery, Carmel 59
26. 4. BOSCOBEL: A Hudson River Estate in the Federal Style, Garrison 61
27. 5. MANITOGA/THE RUSSELL WRIGHT CENTER: Unique Architecture by a Prominent Twentieth- Century Designer of Decorative Arts, Garrison 63
28. 6. PHILIPSBURG MANOR: Northern Plantation Style, Tarrytown 65
29. 7. LYNDHURST: A Romantic Castle, Tarrytown 67
30. 8. KYKUIT: Palatial Glamour in a Classical Revival Estate, Pocantico Hills 69
31. And Keep in Mind . . .
32. 9. THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH OF SLEEPY HOLLOW: A VERY EARLY HOUSE OF WORSHIP, NORTH TARRYTOWN 71
33. 10. UNION CHURCH OF POCANTICO HILLS: WHERE CHAGALL AND ARCHITECTURE MEET 71
34. 11. VAN CORTLANDT MANOR: AN EXAMPLE OF A DUTCH PATENT HOUSE, CROTON-ON-HUDSON 72
35. NEW YORK STATE: MID-HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
36. 1. THE ITALIANATE STYLE OF AMERICA’S RENAISSANCE: MAN Samuel F. B. Morse’s Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie 75
37. 2. SPECTACULAR CAMPUS ADDITIONS BY FRANK GEHRY AND RAFAEL VIÑOLY: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson 78
38. 3. A McKIM, MEAD & WHITE EXTRAVAGANZA IN THE BEAUX ARTS STYLE: The Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park 82
39. 4. ALEXANDER JACKSON DAVIS AND ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING JOIN FORCES ON A HUDSON RIVER ESTATE: Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson 85
40. 5. TOURING ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY ON A VENERABLE CAMPUS: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie 88
41. 6. THE ARTIST’S IMAGINATION IN A DRAMATIC MOORISH PALACE: Olana, Hudson 95
42. 7. THE “PICTURESQUE” IN ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Wilderstein, Rhinebeck 97
43. 8. RICHARD UPJOHN’S VENTURE INTO SECULAR ITALIANATE ARCHITECTURE: Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook 99
44. 9. MILLS MANSION: A McKim, Mead & White Estate, Staatsburg 101
45. And Keep in Mind . . .
46. 10. WING’S CASTLE, MILLBROOK 103
47. 11. CLERMONT, GERMANTOWN 103
48. NEW YORK STATE: WEST OF THE HUDSON
49. 1. THE STONE HOUSES OF HUGUENOT STREET: New Paltz 107
50. 2. ROMANTIC CASTLE RUINS ON AN ISLAND: Bannerman’s Castle, Pollepel Island 110
51. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL ART — OR ARCHITECTURE: Opus 40, Woodstock 112
52. 4. A VICTORIAN WATERFRONT VILLAGE: Historic Rondout, Kingston 114
53. 5. EXPLORING THE STOCKADE DISTRICT: Kingston 118
54. 6. A RUSTIC VILLAGE OF EARLY DUTCH AND HUGUENOT DESIGN: Hurley 121
55. 7. GOTHIC SPLENDOR AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: West Point 123
56. And Keep in Mind . . .
57. 8. THE “COTTAGES” OF ELEGANT ONTEORA PARK, JEWETT 124
58. NEW YORK STATE: LONG ISLAND
59. 1. OLD BETHPAGE VILLAGE RESTORATION: Rural Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Long Island 127
60. 2. MELDING EAST AND WEST: The Charles B. Wang Center at SUNY – Stony Brook 130
61. 3. THE GILDED LIFE: Three Glamorous Long Island Estates of the Early Twentieth Century: Eagle’s Nest (the Vanderbilt Museum), Centerport; Westbury House, Old Westbury; and Falaise, Sands Point 133
62. 4. A GOTHIC REVIVAL LANDMARK: The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City 137
63. 5. BEACHFRONT, DECO-ERA ICON: Jones Beach, Wantagh 139
64. 6. IN SEARCH OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE: Stony Brook, Setauket, East Setauket, and Smithtown 140
65. 7. ROSLYN PRESERVES THE PAST: Visiting Cedarmere and Other Pleasures of the Nineteenth Century 143
66. 8. EXPLORING THE LONG ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE: Eaton’s Neck Light, Huntington Harbor Light, Old Field Light, Stepping Stones Light, and Others 148
67. 9. LOOKING AT WINDMILLS ON THE EASTERN END OF LONG ISLAND: Water Mill Museum, Beebe Windmill, Hook Windmill, and Pantigo Windmill 151
68. And Keep in Mind . . .
69. 10. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GLEN COVE 154
70. 11. BROOKLYN WATERWORKS, FREEPORT 154
71. 12. ROCK HALL MUSEUM, LAWRENCE 154
72. 13. SAINT GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD 155
73. NEW JERSEY
74. 1. AN EARLY QUAKER COMMUNITY WITH A COLONIAL AND FEDERAL STREETSCAPE: Mount Holly 159
75. 2. WHERE THOMAS EDISON LIVED AND WORKED: Glenmont and the Edison National Historic Sites, West Orange 165
76. 3. A COLONIAL STREETSCAPE ON THE DELAWARE: The Well-Preserved Town of Burlington 167
77. 4. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY’S STARTLING CONTEMPORARY ADDITIONS TO ITS GOTHIC CAMPUS: Princeton 172
78. 5. A BAUHAUS-INSPIRED UTOPIAN VILLAGE: Roosevelt 176
79. 6. GUARDIANS OF THE NEW JERSEY COASTLINE: The Lighthouse as Architecture: Sandy Hook, Barnegat, Navesink, Cape May, Hereford Inlet, East Point, Finn’s Point 180
80. 7. CRAF TSMAN FARMS: The Arts and Crafts Aesthetic, Morris Plains 185
81. 8. A VICTORIAN VILLAGE ON THE SHORE: The Planned Community of Ocean Grove 187
82. 9. THREE ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS AT LIBERTY STATE PARK: Railroad Terminal, Environmental Center, and Ellis Island 191
83. 10. A VICTORIAN STREETSCAPE OF DECORATIVE HOUSES: Belvidere 195
84. 11. RURAL VILLAGES OF THE PAST: Walnford, Allaire, Batsto, and Feltville 201
85. 12. A FANCIFUL VICTORIAN SEASIDE RESORT: Cape May 211
86. 13. AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MORAVIAN VILLAGE BUILT OF STONE: Hope 215
87. 14. ARCHITECTURAL PLEASURES IN A HISTORIC TOWN SETTING: Perth Amboy 219
88. 15. SKYLANDS: A Deliberately “Aged” Mansion by John Russell Pope, Ringwood 221
89. And Keep in Mind . . .
90. 16. DICKINSON HOUSE: A PATTERNED BRICK HOUSE IN ALLOWAY TOWNSHIP 222
91. 17. A PICTURESQUE RAILROAD STATION, TENAFLY 222
92. 18. BUCCLEIGH: A GEORGIAN MANSION, NEW BRUNSWICK 223
93. 19. THE RUINS OF UNDERCLIFF: “BLOOMER’S BEACH,” ENGLEWOOD 223
94. 20. THE RUINS OF LONG POND, HEWITT 224
95. 21. A RIVERSIDE MILL AND HISTORIC VILLAGE, CLINTON 226
96. 22. A LOUIS KAHN ICON: THE “TRENTON” BATHHOUSE, EWING 228
97. DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA
98. 1. FROM GEORGIAN BRICK TO GOTHIC REVIVAL: The Historic River Town of New Castle, Delaware 231
99. 2. GREY TOWERS: A French-Style Château in Rural Pennsylvania, Milford 235
100. 3. PYRAMIDS, GOTHIC ARCHES, AND CLASSICAL TEMPLES: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 237
101. 4. MODERNISM MEETS SYMBOLISM: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 244
102. 5. HENRY CHAPMAN MERCER LEAVES HIS “ARTS AND CRAFTS” MARK ON A SMALL TOWN: Doylestown, Pennsylvania 247
103. 6. A WALKING TOUR THROUGH A TREASURE TROVE OF HISTORIC HOUSES: Doylestown, Pennsylvania 250
104. 7. A NINETEENTH-CENTURY RAILROAD VIADUCT BALANCING PROGRESS AND NATURAL BEAUTY: Starrucca Viaduct, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 255
105. And Keep in Mind . . .
106. 8. AN ARCHITECTURAL DRIVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: From Milford to Cortez 257
107. 9. A HISTORIC VILLAGE AND WILLIAM PENN’S ESTATE: Fallsington and Morrisville, Pennsylvania 257
108. 10. AN EARLY ROEBLING SUSPENSION BRIDGE: Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania 258
109. Glossary of Architectural Styles in the Region 261
110. Choosing an Outing 267
111. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 274