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8.19.2022 | A visit to the Rockefeller Estate

If you ever get the opportunity, visit The Rockefeller Estate “kykuit” in Tarrytown, New York. It’s gorgeous and has a lot of history.

Kykuit.

location sketch at #kykuit #sleepyhollow #rockefeller #newyork #castle #penandink #rain #summer #art #artoftheday #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #illustration #svamfaillustration (at Kykuit, The Rockefeller Estate)

“Kykuit”,” Rockefeller Estate, NY

Initially, landscaping of Kykuit’s grounds was given to the company of Frederick Law Olmsted, who had designed Manhattan's Central Park. Rockefeller Senior was unhappy with this work however and assumed control of the design himself, transplanting whole mature trees, designing lookouts and the several scenic winding roads. In 1906, the further design of Kykuit's grounds was undertaken by the architect William Welles Bosworth, who designed the surrounding terraces and gardens with fountains, pavilions, and classical sculpture. These gardens in the Beaux-Arts style are considered Bosworth's best work in the United States, looking out over very fine views of the Hudson River.