Explore historical issues like emancipation, the rising evangelical movement, and debates over the initial drafting of the Constitution of the United States. The Van Cortlandt Manor estate includes a large stone manor house, a brick ferry house, and outdoor gardens.
A large collection of colonial furniture and decorations adorns the inside of the manor house, as well as a well-equipped 18th-century kitchen. The ferry house contains a rural tavern that served travelers of the Albany Post Road food, drink, and shelter. Visitors strolling through the heritage gardens of the Van Cortlandt Manor will discover several species of plants that are used for both culinary and medicinal purposes. Van Cortlandt Manor has a variety of school programs designed for grades K Learn more.
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Van Cortlandt Manor Architecture. Nearby Destinations Teatown Lake Reservation 3. The manor house and 10, acres comprised the extent of this property.
In addition to the properties in Croton, Philip acquired his father's house in New York where he maintained his permanent residence. Philip and his family visited the manor more than Stephanus had, often to hunt and fish. Philip Van Cortlandt, like his father and grandfather, was a merchant as well as a political figure. He also married well, taking Catherine de Peyster as his wife in Philip sat on the Provincial Council from to and in was a member of a mission sent to Albany to make a treaty with the Iroquois Indians.
It was during Philip's ownership of the manor that increased traffic had come to require a ferry across the Croton River. This ferry, rented to a tenant operator, formed an important link in the developing overland route from New York to Albany. When Philip died in , his two surviving sons divided his estate. Pierre Van Cortlandt was the first family member to establish the manor as his permanent home.
Pierre, who had married Joanna Livingston, brought her and his baby son, Philip, to live at Croton in ; 52 years after Stephanus had acquired it.
It was under the management of Pierre and Joanna that the most colorful period of the manor's history began. Like all of his relatives before him, Pierre was both a merchant and a politician. While things at the manor were peaceful and happy, tension was mounting between the Colonies and the Crown. Pierre Van Cortlandt occupied the manor's seat in the provincial assembly and was greatly concerned about the Revenue measures enacted by the British Parliament.
Many of his tenants had Tory sympathies as did some members of other families to whom the Van Cortlandts were linked by marriage. Pierre, however, was a Patriot and sat in several of the revolutionary provincial congresses.
He presided over the convention in which drafted the first Constitution of the State of New York. In the first election held under the new Constitution, Pierre was elected to the State Senate. The senate made him its presiding officer and, soon thereafter, Lieutenant Governor of the State. During much of the Revolutionary War, Pierre served as Acting Governor while George Clinton, who held a military command, was away from Albany much of the time.
Prior to the Revolution, Pierre and Joanna were making improvements on the manor and the manor house.
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