Arden (estate)
Arden House is a villa in Orange County, New York. It is located on a ridge between the Ramapo River and the wooded banks of the Cranberry Lakes, where it overlooks the Hudson Highlands.
The villa was built in 1885 by railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman as a summer residence with 9000 m² of living space. The surrounding 6700 acres of countryside, now Harriman State Park are part of this. Until his death in 1909, when it was finally completed, it was a meeting of the American plutocracy. It was designed by architects Carrère and Hastings, the numerous public buildings like the Capitol in Washington DC and the New York Public Library planned. The landscaping resulted from Wadley & Smythe. It is located in the part of the Village of Harriman, which is attributable to the Town of Woodbury, approximately 1.5 hours by car from Manhattan in the southeast of the state.
Averell Harriman, the son of the builder, was awarded the house in 1915 by his mother. During World War II he made it to the United States Navy as a convalescent home for disposal. In 1950, he handed it over to Columbia University as a " homeland " for the founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower Political Forum The American Assembly. The University also used the building for educational purposes. The Interior Ministry classified in 1966 as a National Historic Landmark on, thus the use is limited to religious, philanthropic or educational purposes.
Sold in 2007, the University of the building as well as 150 acres of forest on the landscape protection organization Open Space Institute ( Osiny ) for 4.5 million U.S. $. To cover the costs, the building is on for resale.