ABOUT THIS BOOK

Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern design, authors Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison guide you on a tour of inspiring, informative, and aesthetically intriguing architectural treasures in and around the New York area.

Early colonial saltboxes, as-yet-unfinished contemporary structures on college campuses, nineteenth-century follies, Gilded Age palaces, lighthouses, windmills, romantic ruins-- the pages of this delightful book, filled with adventures, treat readers to sites within approximately two hours' driving time from New York City. With book in hand readers will marvel at college campuses, small villages, planned and utopian communities, National Historic Sites, castles and forts, churches and temples of architectural interest, and even a Buddhist monastery, all in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, the eastern edge of Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

By including descriptions of architectural styles, suggestions for special adventures, and lists of jaunts arranged by architect or designer, architectural style, and particular types of sites, Rosenfeld and Harrison help make day trips even more enjoyable. Whether explorers or armchair adventurers, readers of all ages will find something that captures their interest in the nearly one hundred sites and forty photos included in Architecture Walks.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

LUCY D. ROSENFELD is the author of more than twenty-five books on art, travel, and architecture, including The Architect's Garden: 45 Original Landscapes.MARINA HARRISON, an editor, has published eight books with Lucy D. Rosenfeld, among them History Walks in New Jersey and A Guide to Green New Jersey, featured in the New York Times (both Rutgers University Press). Lifelong friends, the authors continue to work together on a variety of projects.

REVIEWS

"In Architecture Walks we get an engaging confluence of architecture and history. You should buy Architecture Walks and stick it in the car, in case you ever find yourself with time on your hands—and have another copy in the house to plan a trip. It's a splendid addition to the New Jersey bookshelf and I can't wait to hit the road."

— The Beachcomber

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
CONNECTICUT
   Iconic Modernism
      The Glass House of Philip Johnson, New Canaan
   Three Eighteenth-Century Architectural Treasures on the Connecticut Shore
      Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob; Ogden House, Fairfield; and Judson House, Stratford
   Two Architectural Eccentricities
      Gillette Castle and Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam
   A Bustling, Carefuly Preserved Colonial Village
      Litchfield
   A Modernist Church in the Shape of a Fish
      First Presbyterian Church, Stamford
   From McKim, Mead & White to Cesar Pelli
      The Architects of Waterbury
   A Walk Through the ``Jewel of Long Island Sound''
      Southport
   Tradition Meets the Contemporary
      Yale University Architecture, New Haven
   Exuberant Victoriana
      The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, Norwalk
   Exceptional Stained Glass, Both Traditional and Modern
      Bethel, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, Stamford, and Waterbury
   Historic Sites in a Coastal Community
      Guilford
Contrasting Architectural Neighbors
      Bridgeport
      And Keep in Mind
   Berlin Historic District
   Two Forts Near New Haven
   Hotchkiss Clocktower, Sharon
   Milford's Wharf Lane Complex
NEW YORK STATE: LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
   Sunnyside
      One of America's Favorite Houses, Irvington
   Frank Lloyd Wright's ``Usonia''
      A Planned Community, Pleasantville
   Buddhist Symbols and Influences in Rural Putnam County
      Chuang Yen Monastery, Carmel
   Boscobel
      A Hudson River Estate in the Federal Style, Garrison
   Manitoga/The Russell Wright Center
      Unique Architecture by a Noted Twentieth-Century Designer of Decorative Arts, Garrison
   Philipsburg Manor
      Northern Plantation Style, Tarrytown
   Lyndhurst
      A Romantic Castle, Tarrytown
   Kykuit
      Palatial Glamour in a Classical Revival Estate, Pocantico Hills And Keep in Mind
   The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow: A Very Early House of Worship, North Tarrytown
   Union Church of Pocantico Hills: Where Chagall and Architecture Meet
   Van Cortlandt Manor: An Example of a Dutch Patent House, Croton-On-Hudson
NEW YORK STATE: MID-HUDSON VALLEY, EAST
   The Italianate Style of America's Renaissance Man
      Samuel F. B. Morse's Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie
   Spectacular Campus Additions Frank Gehry and Rafael Vinoly
   A McKim, Mead & White Extravaganza in the Beaux Arts Style
      The Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park
   Alexander Jackson Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing Join Forces on a Hudson River Estate
      Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson
   Touring Architectural History on a Venerable Campus
      Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
   The Artist's Imagination in a Dramatic Moorish Palace
      Olana, Hudson
   The ``Picturesque'' in Architecture and Landscape Design
      Wilderstein, Rhinebeck
   Richard Upjohn's Venture into Secular Italianate Architecture
      Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook
   Mills Mansion
      A McKim, Mead & White Estate, Staatsburg And Keep in Mind
   Wing's Castle, Millbrook
   Clermont, Germantown
NEW YORK STATE: WEST OF THE HUDSON
   The Stone Houses of Huguenot Street
      New Paltz
   Romantic Castle Ruins on an Island
      Bannerman's Castle, Pollepel Island
   Environmental Art---Or Architecture
      Opus 40, Woodstock
   A Victorian Waterfront Village
      Historic Rondout, Kingston
   Exploring the Stockade District
      Kingston
   A Rustic Village of Early Dutch and Huguenot Design
      Hurley
   Gothic Splendor at the United States Military Academy
      West Point And Keep in Mind
      The ``Cottages'' of Elegant Onteora Park, Jewett
NEW YORK STATE: LONG ISLAND
   Old Bethpage Village Restoration
      Rural Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Long Island
   Melding East and West
      The Charles B. Wang Center at Suny-Stony Brook
   The Gilded Life
      Three Glamorous Estates of the Early Twentieth Century: Eagle's Nest (the Vanderbilt Museum), Centerport; Westbury House, Old Westburg; and Falaise, Sands Point
   A Gothic Revival Landmark
      The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City
   Beachfront, Deco-Era Icon
      Jones Beach, Wantagh
   In Search of Historic Architecture
      Stony Brook, Setauket, East Setauket, and Smithtown
   Roslyn Preserves the Past
      Visiting Cedarmere and Other Pleasures of the Nineteenth Century
   Exploring the Long Island Lighthouse
      Eaton's Neck Light, Huntington Harbor Light, Old Field Light, Stepping Stones Light, and Others
   Looking at Windmills on the Eastern end of Long Island
      Water Mill Museum, Beebe Windmill, Hook Windmill, and Pantigo Windmill And Keep in Mind
First Presbyterian Church, Glen Cove
   Brooklyn Waterworks, Freeport
   Rock Hall Museum, Lawrence
   Saint George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead
NEW JERSEY
   An Early Quaker Community with a Colonial and Federal Streetscape
      Mount Holly

   Where Thomas Edison Lived and Worked
      Glenmont and the Edision National Historic Sites, West Orange
   A Colonial Streetscape on the Delaware
      The Well-Preserved Town of Burlington
   Princetion Unversity's Startling Contemporary Additions to its Gothic Campus
      Princeton
   A Bauhaus-Inspired Utopian Village
      Roosevelt
   Guardians of the New Jersey Coastline
      The Lighthouse as Architecture: Sandy Hook, Barnegat, Navesink, Cape May, Hereford Inlet, East Point, Finn's Point
   Craftsman Farms
      The Arts and Carfts Aesthetic, Morris Plains
   A Victorian Village on the Shore
      The Planned Community of Ocean Grove
   Three Archtectural Wonders at Liberty State Park
      Railroad Terminal, Environmental, Center, and Eillis Island
   A Victorian Streetscape of Decorative Houses
      Belvidere
   Rural Villages of the Past
      Walnfod, Allaire, Batsto, and Feltville
   A Fanciful Victorian Seaside Resort
      Cape May
   An Eighteenth-Century Moravian Village Built of Stone
      Hope
   Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting
      Perth Amboy
   Architectural Pleasures in a Historic Town Setting
      Perth Amboy
   Skylands
      A Deliberately ``Aged'' Mansion, Ringwood
         John Russell Pope
      And Keep in Mind
   Dickinson House: A Patterned Brick House in Alloway Township
   A Picturesque Railroad Station, Tenafly
   Buccleigh: A Georgian Mansion, New Brunswick
   The Ruins of Undercliff: ``Bloomer's Beach,'' Englewood
   The Ruins of Long Pond, Hewitt
   A Riverside Mill and Historic Village, Clinton
   A Lois Kahn Icon: The ``Trenton'' Bathhouse, Ewing

DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA
   From Georgian Brick to Gothic Revival
      The Historic River Town of New Castle, Delaware
   Grey Towers
      A French-Style Chateau in Rural Pennsylvaina, Milford
   Pyramids, Gothic Arches, and Classical Temples
      West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
   Modernism Meets Symbolism
      Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
   Henry Chapman Mercer Leaves his ``Arts and Crafts'' Mark on a Small Town
      Doylestown, Pennsylvania
   A Walking Tour Through a Trasure Trove of Historic Houses
      Doylestown, Pennsylvania
   A Nineteenth-Century Railroad Viaduct Balancing Progress and Natural Beauty
      Starrucca Viaduct, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
      And Keep in Mind
   An Architectural Drive Through Northeastern Pennsylvania
      From Milford to Cortez
   A Historic Village and William Penn's Estate
      Fallsington and Morrisville, Pennsylvania
   An Early Roebling Suspension Bridge
   Lackwaxen, Pennsylvania
Glossary of Architectural Styles in the Region
Choosing an Outing