Kykuit, Palisades

Name: Kykuit
Address: 381 N Broadway, Palisades, United States
Telephone: +1 914-366-6900

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Kykuit, 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 north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefeller family patriarch John D. Rockefeller. Conceived largely by his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and enriched by the art collection of the third-generation scion, Governor of New York, and Vice President of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller, it was home to four generations of the family. The house is a National Historic Landmark owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and tours are given by Historic Hudson Valley. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1913 (111 years ago)Coordinates: 41°5'22"N, 73°50'41"W

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381 N BroadwayPalisades United States

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+1 914-366-6900

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Kykuit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tarrytown Music Hall, Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Foster Memorial AME Zion Church, Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns.

1.2 miSW
Music venue, Queen Anne architecture
Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown
31 min walk • The Music Hall, in Tarrytown, New York, United States, is located on West Main Street downtown. It is a brick structure in the Queen Anne architectural style erected in the late 19th century.
0.8 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Sleepy Hollow
20 min walk • Union Church of Pocantico Hills is a historic church in Pocantico Hills, New York. The church was built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1921, as part of his plans to develop the town of Pocantico Hills, which was below his estate Kykuit.
1.1 miSW
Church
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church, Tarrytown
29 min walk • The Foster Memorial AME Zion Church is located on Wildey Street in Tarrytown, New York, United States. Formed in 1860, it is the oldest black church in Westchester County and possibly one of the oldest in the state.
1.1 miSW
Church
Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns, Tarrytown
28 min walk • The Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns in Tarrytown, New York, serves both Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York. It was constructed in 1837 as an extension of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow to serve the Tarrytown community.
0.9 miW
Church
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, Sleepy Hollow
24 min walk • The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Dutch Reformed Church, is a 17th-century stone church located on Albany Post Road in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States.
0.9 miNW
Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow
24 min walk • Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent burying ground at the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow.
1.3 miSW
Church
First Baptist Church of Tarrytown, Tarrytown
33 min walk • The First Baptist Church of Tarrytown is located on South Broadway in Tarrytown, New York, United States. It is a stone building in the Victorian Gothic architectural style dating to the 1870s. In 1983 it and its rectory were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.3 miSW
Church
Christ Episcopal Church, Tarrytown
33 min walk • Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 43 South Broadway in Tarrytown, New York. Topped by a modest tower, the ivy-covered red brick church was built in 1837 and maintains an active congregation to the present day.
1 miW
History museum, Museum
Philipsburg Manor, Tarrytown
26 min walk • Philipsburg Manor was a manor located north of New York City in Westchester County in the Province of New York. Netherlands-born Frederick Philipse I and two partners made the initial purchase of land that had been part of a Dutch patroonship owned by Adriaen van der Donck.
0.9 miSW
Park, Beaux-Arts architecture
Patriot's Park, Tarrytown
23 min walk • Patriot's Park is located on U.S. Route 9 along the boundary between Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is a four-acre parcel with a walkway and several monuments. In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
1.2 miSW
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
North Grove Street Historic District, Tarrytown
30 min walk • The North Grove Street Historic District is located along the north end of that street in Tarrytown, New York, United States. It consists of five mid-19th century residences, on both sides of the street, and a carriage barn.

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Which popular attractions are close to Kykuit?

Nearby attractions include Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Sleepy Hollow (20 min walk), Patriot's Park, Tarrytown (23 min walk), Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, Sleepy Hollow (24 min walk), Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow (24 min walk).