The fact that these mansions were called cottages is very amusing! To me a cottage is a small house, between 500 and 1000 square feet. These houses are beautiful though.
Another great exploration, Ken, thanks as always! I have alot of fun perusing Zillow listings for real estate in this community, where there are still a number of glorious old mansions up for sale at any time. Were I to come into a gigantic fortune, there is NO WAY I would waste my time out on the overcrowded, overdeveloped, and over commercialized vulgarity of the Hamptons. Tuxedo Park is EVERYTHING!
If you ever have a chance to visit Tuxedo Park, you absolutely should. There are dozens of the old mansions still standing it feels like nowhere else in the US!
@@ehorner61 I don't think so. I was in the car of a friend who lives there so they let us right in, but I'm fairly certain it's residents and their guests only.
This video is about as close as you can get to visiting Tuxedo Park. no public entry unless you are granted access at the police controlled gate by a current resident.
Great overview of the community. I had certainly heard of it, but had not seen images of many of the houses. The reference to Wright was spot on, as the shingle style house you showed just before that reminded me a great deal of Wright's own home in Oak Park. Thanks for another great video.
Please do a segment on the Richard Mortimer house, and explain when it was demolished, why, and what is in its place now (if anything). Are any of the landscape elements still in place? Thanks!
Too many to choose from. I guess Juilliard Mansion. Like the lawn & gardens too. I had a friend from school whose older sister went to Mt St Vincent’s in Tuxedo Park. She took the train up everyday from home. 1960’s.
I used to live in Green-Wood Lake, the town next door to Tuxedo. I made many deliveries in the park and the houses were simply beautiful. One house had a barn attached and each of the horse's stalls were made into cute dining areas. There were and still is a few movie stars but the town didn't talk much about them, they are just ordinary people. Woopie used to live there but she has since moved. The school kids were so happy when she came into the old pharmacy which had an old fashioned snack bar and stationary store because she was very generous and paid for their snacks and sodas. It's a gated community so you can't go in and that's a shame. Beautiful mansions and gorgeous grounds near the top of hills. There were plenty of deer and animals and ponds, looked like a post card.
She used to live there, she moved because she had a fear of flying and she needed to be in LA a lot of the time and it was too much time being in the bus.@@rbsmith3365
Tuxedo Park is a gated community. Wealthy people don't want to be bothered. The closest view you can have besides this video is with Google Map Satellite View.
Hi Louis, glad you enjoyed the video! There is only one (highly unreputable source) online which claims that photo as Pierre Lorillard V. Here is my source: King, Moses. "Notable New Yorkers : A Companion Volume To King's Handbook Of New York City". Bartlett & Company, New York. 1899. p.588.
@@ThisHouse When you look at "images" online for Pierre Lorillard, that photo comes up for "V" To me that is not a picture of Pierre Lorillard II who was born in 1764 and died in 1843.
I’m going to look further into this. It’s possible the publication from 1899 mislabeled the sketch of him, but I have a feeling someone at some point mislabeled him online. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
GOOD AFTERNOON - good information here. I never knew that much about it. Nevertheless, I am impressed, and may do some digging on my own, for some artistic inspirations for my own work. Thank you again, and have a safe and beautiful day.
What a gorgeous Tudor! It breaks my heart to see so many historic homes lost to the sands of time. I donate hundreds of dollars a year to museums and preservation societies.
Before the Tuxedo men wore Dinner Dress, like a Tuxedo but with long tails in the back. The Tuxedo was a shorter version and not considered proper dinner dress by many people for years after its introduction. I think Downton Abbey had an episode where Sir Robert wore the new "Tuxedo" but old guard Violet didn't approve.
Omg what a gas!!!!!!! Any mention of the slaves that built them some of which were killed due do unsafe working conditions? They probably just threw the dead bodies in the lake and just replaced them with some new units.
Leathered walls?! Wow. I'd love that but can you imaging the expense today? Another good report, Ken. You have improve by offering more historiic context. The next time I wear a tuxedo, I'll have a great conversation piece.
The Lorillard mansion here looks like Chastellux, which was built/commissioned by Mrs. Anson McCook Beard, the daughter of James J. Hill of the famous James J. Hill house in St. Paul, MN. I wasn't aware that the Lorillards owned the house at some point, as they were one of the founders of Tuxedo Park and had their own huge fieldstone mansion. I think at one point, Chastellux was turned into a convent, if I am not mistaken. Chastellux was for sale not long ago...if I had only won the lottery! 😊 I believe I have read that modern times, both Cyndi Lauper & Whoopie Goldberg own/have owned homes within Tuxedo Park.
Fun fact: the house at 3:36 is made of concrete. I saw it in a Dover book about concrete homes. The Fulton-Cutting house: what a horror of a house. I find the place jarring with it's odd, asymmetrical, arrangement of features and angled floorplan. -- I read somewhere that when Tuxedo Park residents didn't have as much money as they used to, maybe because of the Depression or after World War II, and were not able to maintain their New York residences as well as those in Tuxedo Park or maybe gave up the New York homes entirely, a butler in the park made the wry comment that "the season" there was now lasting from January 1st until December 31st. Nothing wrong with making one's Tuxedo Park residence a ful-time residence if one had to choose between two homes. As I said about another house, the gardens could be used for growing one's own food and being more self-sufficient.
My grandfather owned a mansion in Tuxedo Park, Sunnyside. He loved to garden. People who didn't know who he was thought he was the gardener instead of the owner.
@@paco7992 I figure it was a mix of people: that some people in Tuxedo Park were hardworking entrepreneurs who had worked their way up while others were born into comfortable lives. Too I never said the residents would farm the property themselves; even someone in reduced circumstances in Tuxedo Park could probably afford to have someone do that work.
I lived near tuxedo park for most of my life, and I had a friend who lived there as well. It really is very beautiful.you can still see the old iron forges in the area.
Just looked up what's for sale now in Tuxedo Park. Number 74 Tower Hill Loop. Take a look. I love it. Big dining room, small kitchen. Perfect. Make a toasted cheese sandwich, and eat it in the grand dining room. Such a beautiful outlook from the house. Near to heaven. Edit:. I just noticed the property tax amount, more that $4000 a month. !!!!!!!!! Say what? Wow. Expensive to live in the land of the free.
That's not including the association fees. It's a gated community. Probably costs you $5,000 a year just to have your driveway plowed. People who have yo pay for the upkeep of these houses are probably living paycheck to paycheck.
It's like the Jupiter Island or Jekyll Island Clubs. Private enclaves of established wealth. You can buy a house in Tuxedo Park but being admitted to the Club requires social connections. Like Lyford Cay Club in the Bahamas. Money alone won't get you in.
Excellent vid on Tuxedo Park! Small note: you're quite logically pronouncing Jacobean - but traditionally, it's much, much more Jaco-Beun than Jacobian.
Just this evening PBS has a segment about the tailor in London who created the tuxedo, called something else in England. There were pictures of King Edward, Winston Churchill and others in their attire from this tailor. The tailor’s company is 7 generations old. The program is called “English Made with Love”.
Thanks for showing this. I lived close to Tuxedo for years... but never heard of it's vast wealth. Maybe it's because all the mansions are behind tall walls? Dunno.
Yeah, the old money was a bit smarter. The hid their wealth. Now you can see these 10,000 square foot houses built on a half an acre by the beach in Fairfield. They're so tall and out of character with the neighborhood, the new money ruined the area.
It's only 40 miles to NYC, so in prime rush hour, that should only take you about 2 and half hours there and the same back. You can have the nanny's raise your kids.
Yes, owned by the robber barons of today, owners of the same banks that exploited Americans over 100 years ago. Nice to see a piece of history that is alive and well today!
I feel bad for whoever installed that because working on stone is no fun. I’ve put heat pumps on castles with 4 foot thick walls. Took all day to drill two holes.
There's always the dirt made behind someone's millions. Profiteer of death. Same with the Dupont's with Dynamite and the Sacklers today being dope peddlers. You should see their 20 acre Greenwich direct oceanfront spread. Caused misery for millions of people.
The British pronouncation: La-bore-a-tory My Exec VP was from Britain and he actually adapted our pronunciation of Laboratory, we worked in the Toxicology Laboratory business. But he still pronounced Banana "Ba-non-na" ... lol, I adored the man even if he was a Brit. ... being the good Irish woman I am. Slainte'! 🍸 💚 🇮🇪 ☘️
