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Kykuit (/ ˈ k aɪ k ə t / KY-kət), known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefeller family patriarch John D. Rockefeller. Conceived largely by his son ...
Tickets: $75. TICKETS. This Hudson Valley hilltop estate was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family, beginning with the philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. Now the mansion is a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is open to visitors for tours.
Dec 27, 2023 · In 1893, John D. Rockefeller bought the manor known as Kykuit in the Westchester County, New York, hamlet of Pocantico Hills. Dutch traders gave the manse its name, which translates to “lookout ...
Mar 10, 2014 · John D. Rockefeller had this extraordinary Colonial-style mansion built in 1913 on the hills overlooking Tarrytown, New York and it was to be his family’s home for four generations.
3 days ago · Built in 1913 and situated in Pocantico Hills, New York, Kykuit (pronounced kai-cut) has been the home to four generations of the Rockefeller family.A short drive through downtown Sleepy Hollow ...
Dec 17, 2012 · John D. Rockefeller closed the New York house he had shared with his “sweetheart” and never returned. During the war years, the mansion was opened to Red Cross workers. The Sun reported on May 12, 1918 “Mr. Rockefeller had their workrooms equipped with sewing machines, chairs and tables.
Connect. Completed in 1913 for American businessman and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Kykuit has been home to four generations of the Rockefeller family. Architect Williams Welles Bosworth is responsible for the creation of the Beaux Arts house and elaborate gardens in the Italian style. Designed between 1906 and 1913, this Beaux-Arts ...
