Identifier: annualreportofam00amer_2 (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to the legislature of the State of New York.
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Subjects: Historic buildings Natural monuments Monuments
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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stern corner of Pelham Bay park, this splendid old time struc-ture occupies the grandest location for a private residence alongthe whole length of Long Island sound. Any one who has seen itsstriking Ionic colonnade, or the magnificent panorama of sea andland to be obtained from the upper windows, cannot but be lostin admiration of Mr. Hunters good taste in the selection of ahome. History tells us that the Hunter family were related to that ofGen. Philip Schuyler, of Revolutionary fame. Certain it isthat the Schuyler mansion stood, not so very far removed fromthat of Mr. Hunter, its site being about a mile to the southwest,back of the present Bartow station, and close to the banks of theHutchinson river, named after that noted early settler, AnneHutchinson, who braved the dangers of the primeval forest fora home in Pelham Bay park where she could enjoy religiousfreedom. At one time the Hunter mansion was the residence of Mr.Henderson, a southern gentleman, once a surgeon in the British
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Fifteenth Annual Report. 65 army, having seen service in distant Asia. Under his ownershipthe mansion was a sumptuous bachelors hall, and the LonelyLord is found to have made his homestead the palatial home ofthe finest private art gallery of its time in the whole UnitedStates, it having been filled to overflowing with the choicest treas-ures of the Italian masters. For a number of years past, the Hunter mansion has been thesummer home of the (i Little Mothers Association, and a morebeautiful charity cannot be imagined than allowing these hardworked children of the poor to have the enjoyments that thisisland affords. Lorillard Mansion: Now known as the Tallapoosa ClubHouse, this once splendid mansion was erected by Pierre Loril-lard, Jr., and is a typical example of the grand array ofcountry residences that once were the pride of lower Westchestercounty. Its location just this side of Pelham bridge, command-ing a glorious view of the waters of the sound, whose waves breakalmost at its

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