词条 | Rockefeller State Park Preserve |
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FeaturesRockefeller State Park Preserve is designated by the National Audubon Society as an Important Bird Area with over 180 species, and is known for its wildlife, carriage trails, and scenic vistas. The park's {{convert|32|miles|km}} of carriage roads allow visitors to view the various habitats of the {{convert|1552|acre|km2|adj=on}}[2] park, which include open meadows, dense forest, meandering brooks, wetlands, and the {{convert|24|acre|m2|adj=on}} Swan Lake. Rockefeller State Park Preserve abuts the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. The preserve also abuts extensive private land owned by the Rockefeller family which is open to the public. The trails in the private area, still in use by the Rockefeller family[3] and also open to the public, connect with those in the state park.[4] Many of these trails were planned and laid out by John D. Rockefeller (Sr.) and his descendants.[5] Access to these trails, and additional access to the state park trails, is available from Sleepy Hollow Road and Bedford Road/Route 448 in Sleepy Hollow. A section of the State Park is west of the Preserve, along the Hudson River, and is called the Rockwood Hall section. The Visitor Center in the Preserve also has a small art gallery that frequently displays paintings and photographic art works of local artists.[6] Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, "a nonprofit farm and educational center designed to demonstrate, teach and promote sustainable, community-based food production",[7] is located within walking distance of the preserve. The park is open year-round, from sunrise to sunset, and with office hours from 9{{nbsp}}a.m. to 4:30{{nbsp}}p.m. There is a fee of $6.00 for parking. Rockwood Hall{{main|Rockwood Hall}}Rockwood Hall, a section of the state park, formerly was the site of the home of William Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller. Laurence Rockefeller donated the land to New York in 1999 for use as a park. One of the early owners of the property was Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, who lived there from 1840 to 1848. Edwin Bartlett obtained the property and build Rockwood, an English Gothic castle of locally-quarried stone. Bartlett sold the house to his business partner William Henry Aspinwall in 1860; Aspinwall made it his summer home and improved the property and house, and purchased enough land to make his estate {{convert|200|acre}}. Upon his death in 1875, his son Lloyd Aspinwall lived there, until 1886. William Rockefeller then purchased it for $150,000. Rockefeller expanded his property to about {{convert|1000|acre}} and either renovated or rebuilt the castle. The resulting 204-room house was 174 x 104 feet and was the second-largest private house in the U.S. at the time, only behind the Biltmore mansion in Asheville, North Carolina.[8] After sitting vacant for a time, the mansion was torn down in the 1940s. The land has been used as part of the park since the 1970s, when Laurence Rockefeller leased the estate to New York for use as a park.[8] In popular culture
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References1. ^https://riverjournalonline.com/news/rockefeller-state-park-preserve-designated-a-new-york-state-historic-place/13394/ 2. ^{{cite book |title=2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook |url=http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916082616/http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |publisher=The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government |year=2014 |chapter=Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9 |page=674 |accessdate=March 28, 2016 }} 3. ^https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/travel/escapes/23rock.html 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsrock.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ParkMap.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126192351/http://www.friendsrock.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ParkMap.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-26 |df= }} 5. ^R. Chernow, "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller", Vintage Books, New York, 2004. 6. ^https://parks.ny.gov/parks/59/details.aspx 7. ^http://nysparks.com/parks/59/details.aspx 8. ^1 {{cite web|title=Rockwood Hall in the Rockefeller State Park Preserve|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation|url=https://parks.ny.gov/parks/attachments/RockefellerRockwoodHallHistory.pdf|accessdate=May 15, 2018}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://wduv.com/common/movies/notes/28259-1-full.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-03-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310192155/http://wduv.com/common/movies/notes/28259-1-full.html |archivedate=2007-03-10 |df= }} External links{{commons category|Rockefeller State Park Preserve}}
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