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75-697: The Newington-Cropsey Foundation ( NCF ) is a nonprofit private organization based in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York . The foundation's aim is to maintain and preserve the works of Jasper Cropsey and the art movement he was a part of, the Hudson River School . The foundation also promotes representational painting and sculpture. The organization was founded in 1977 by Barbara and John Newington to collect and promote works of Barbara's great-grandfather Jasper Cropsey, as well as other non-abstract art. The NCF offers free tours of its properties: Ever Rest ,

150-514: A popular subject of the school's painters, and because the area roughly lies in the geographic center of Hudson River School artist homes and the landscapes that they painted. The busts include a biography of each artist, on the back of each sculpture, and the works also combine elements of the Hudson River School artists' paintings into them. The garden opened with three works in late 2015, and an additional seven were added by November 2017 when

225-505: A replica of an inscribed lintel , with a message from King Abgar of Edessa to Jesus Christ. The building holds a research library of Hudson River School art and painters, which the organization aims to make the most complete resource for artists of the school within Westchester County. The space also has a gallery for temporary exhibitions by contemporary representational artists. Hastings-on-Hudson, New York The area that

300-533: A sculpture named Tree of Knowledge placed in front of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library . The art program had numerous criticisms. The university's art community and faculty were largely not consulted on the decision. One professor at the school expressed dismay that the "program is nowhere near the avant-garde of our own age", and that the sculptures were placed in so many areas of the campus that it could impede other gifts or exhibitions on campus. An art professor found

375-635: A series of busts at the Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison, New York . Adjacent to the house, the property contains a permanent sculpture garden with ten bronze busts of significant Hudson River School artists. The sculptures are by Wyatt and were donated by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation. Boscobel was chosen to house the works because of its location in the Hudson Highlands , which was

450-453: A small campus of buildings, including an archive of Cropsey's papers. The site's administration building houses the office of American Arts Quarterly , a publication for Hudson River Realistic painting, with a circulation of about 3,000. The upper floor has a library with about 4,000 books on 19th century painting, along with a computer library and databanks. The museum is dedicated to the paintings and sculptures of Cropsey and other artists of

525-488: A story about King Abgar of Edessa . The foundation filmed the production at Regent University . Terry Lindvall, a film and religious studies scholar and a former president of Regent University, assembled filmmakers for the drama. Another of their film projects, called Cradle of Genius , focused on divine inspiration and the composers Brahms , Puccini , and Richard Strauss . It was based on Arthur Abell's Talks with Great Composers . From 2015 to 2017, Greg Wyatt installed

600-593: A white Westchester marble quarry. An inclined railroad carried the marble down to the quarry wharf where it was dressed by skilled stonecutters and loaded onto ships bound for cities like New York and Charleston, South Carolina . By the 1880s, Hastings Pavement was producing hexagonal paving blocks which were used extensively in Central Park and Prospect Park in Brooklyn . Between 1895 and 1900, Hastings Pavement produced 10 million such blocks and shipped them throughout

675-569: Is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York . As of 2014, the NYS OPRHP manages nearly 335,000 acres (523 sq mi; 1,360 km ) of public lands and facilities, including 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, that are visited by over 78 million visitors each year. The agency that would become

750-484: Is an octagonal Victorian room with maroon-flocked wallpaper above dark oak wainscoting and a timber ceiling, with a large oak staircase to the second floor. The room features Cropsey paintings from its floor to ceiling; the light is kept low, allowing the paintings to glow. It was designed after Hudson River houses including Ever Rest and Lyndhurst . David Linley designed furniture in the building. The building also has commissioned sculptures and religious statues, including

825-835: Is bordered by the Hudson River to the west, and the Saw Mill River to the east. The areas facing the Hudson River have views of the Palisades to the west, Manhattan to the south and the Mario Cuomo Bridge to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Village has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km ), of which 2.0 square miles (5.2 km ) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km ), or 32.65%,

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900-724: Is in the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District . Hastings-on-Hudson has three public schools, in the Hastings Union Free School District: Hillside Elementary School, Farragut Middle School, and Hastings High School . All three have been awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award . Greenburgh-Graham Union Free School District is of a special needs school facility in Hastings. Hastings-on-Hudson

975-648: Is now Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry was the primary settlement of the Weckquaesgeek Algonquian people, who called the community Wysquaqua. In the summer, the Weckquaesgeeks camped at the mouth of the ravine running under the present Warburton Avenue Bridge. There they fished, swam and collected oysters and clamshells used to make wampum . On the level plain nearby (which is now Maple Avenue), they planted corn and possibly tobacco . The findings of large numbers of artifacts have suggested that there

1050-559: Is on the National Register of Historic Places , and was Cropsey's home from 1885 until his death in 1900. The home houses about 40 to 50 of Cropsey's works, including many watercolors. The Gallery of Art building is located in a ravine 60 feet (18 m) beneath Ever Rest, overlooking the nearby Hudson River and the Palisades and behind a commuter parking lot of the Hastings-on-Hudson Metro-North station. There lies

1125-480: Is one of six incorporated villages that lie within the town of Greenburgh. The village is governed by a mayor, who is elected every two years in odd-numbered years, and four trustees, who also serve two-year terms. Two of the trustees are elected in even-numbered years, with the mayor and the other two in odd-numbered years. A paid village manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the village. In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of The New York Times stated that it

1200-667: Is water. Several small tributaries and headwaters of the Hudson River are located in the village, including Scheckler's Brook which originates in Hillside Woods and Factory Brook which begins in a spring in the southern end of the Burke Estate, these merge behind the Cropsey Studio west of the Aqueduct Trail. Although a suburb of New York City, Hastings-on-Hudson enjoys better mass transit service than many other suburbs in

1275-544: The Hudson Palisades from the damaging effects of quarrying resulted in the creation of a number of state parks in the 1910s and 1920s, including Bear Mountain State Park and Harriman State Park . Throughout these early acquisitions, the state lacked a formal statewide agency or organization to coordinate management and development of state parks. Instead, parks were managed by independent regional commissions, such as

1350-465: The National Register of Historic Places . The John William Draper House is listed as a National Historic Landmark Hastings-on-Hudson is located at 40°59′28″N 73°52′27″W  /  40.99111°N 73.87417°W  / 40.99111; -73.87417 (40.991102, -73.874114) in an area of hills on the Hudson River opposite the Palisades cliffs, north of the city of Yonkers . The Village

1425-604: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , which was tasked with all responsibilities of the former Conservation Department, with the exception of managing the state's parks and historic sites outside of the Forest Preserve. The former Division of Parks was upgraded to become an independent agency, known as the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation . Legislation enacted in 1972 gave

1500-624: The Palisades Interstate Park Commission , or by organizations such as the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society . To address the need for statewide coordination, the New York State Council of Parks was created by legislation adopted on April 18, 1924. The council served to plan development and set standard policies for all New York state-owned parks, reservations, and historic sites that were not under

1575-614: The Temporary Emergency Relief Administration , Civilian Conservation Corps , Civil Works Administration , and Works Progress Administration cleared woodlands, performed maintenance tasks, and built roads, trails, golf courses, buildings, and furniture for New York's parks through the 1930s and early 1940s. As the Depression came to a close with the United States joining World War II in 1941, New York State

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1650-470: The 1980s, while Cropsey paintings were still inexpensive. Barbara and John Newington created the Newington-Cropsey Foundation and its properties in 1977 with concern over the state of modern art and "the way culture was going". Newington, today the foundation's chairman, is a philanthropist living in Greenwich, Connecticut and is the great-granddaughter of Cropsey. Around 1977, the foundation traded land with

1725-404: The 19th century. It holds roughly 75 paintings of Cropsey's, many with scenes from England and Rome, where Cropsey visited, and allegorical works from the 1850s. It is open for free tours by appointment. The yellow Gothic Revival or Palladian style museum building was built in 1994 and designed by Atlanta architects Rodney Mims Cook Jr. and Peter J. Polites of PolitesCook Architects. Along with

1800-720: The Bronx. The Saw Mill River Parkway has exits in Hastings-on Hudson - Northbound at Exit 12 at Farragut Parkway and Exit 13 at Farragut Avenue, and Southbound Exit 14 at Clarence Avenue and Exit 15 at Cliff Street. US Route 9 runs through the Village, as Broadway. As of the census of 2020, there were 8,590 people residing in the Village. The population density was 4,020.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,552.2/km ). There were 2875 housing units at an average density of 1,665.7 per square mile (643.1/km ), with 94.63% (3,121) of units occupied, and 5.37% (177) vacant. The racial makeup of

1875-694: The Conservation Commission and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. Prior to the creation of the Division of Parks (see below ), the State Council of Parks was the highest-level organization overseeing park management in the state. Although it later became an advisory body, the council continues to this day, known officially as the New York State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . It includes representatives from

1950-472: The Division of Parks. The council was also at this time given the additional responsibility of planning highway improvements to enable access to park facilities. Although the Great Depression of the 1930s reduced available funding for New York's state parks, the period was a time of development of existing parks' facilities. Construction teams comprising workers employed through federal programs such as

2025-620: The English Crown granted Philipse the Manor of Philipsburg, which included what is now Hastings-on-Hudson. After dividing the area into four nearly equal-sized farms, the Philipses leased them to Dutch, English and French Huguenot settlers. During the American Revolution , what is now Hastings-on-Hudson, lay between the lines of the warring forces and was declared neutral territory. In reality,

2100-526: The Forest Preserve. Increased funding for parks made available in the 1960s did allow for the purchase of several large tracts throughout the state for parkland development. The state also began at this time to expand into new areas, such as an increase in boating facilities and establishment of parks within New York City . A major shift in New York's park management came in 1970 with legislation that created

2175-581: The Hudson River Rubber Company, a small business in Hastings-on-Hudson. The following year, Goodrich relocated the business to Akron, Ohio . Children's Village, a boarding facility for children in difficult circumstances, located in neighboring Dobbs Ferry , sold about 50 acres (200,000 m ) of its property in Hastings-on-Hudson to a developer in 1986. The developer was planning to build close to 100 homes that would result in traffic on

2250-727: The NCF and directed by a state-approved archaeologist with a specialty in early industry. Barbara Newington was considered a friend of the Hastings Historical Society, and had given the organization its first substantial home. The NCF gave them a $ 42,000 grant and a 5-year $ 1 lease to a cottage next to Ever Rest, which the historical society used until its relocation to its current home, the Henry Draper Observatory . The Gallery of Art opened on October 16, 1994. Beginning in May 1997,

2325-407: The NCF had planned to build on top of it. The NCF was opposed to archaeological studies as it would require dynamiting the foundation and would disturb the fragile site, including a 125-year-old retaining wall. Greg Wyatt , director of the project, was concerned delays would lead to costs excessive of their $ 2.7 million budget. The construction was approved pending the archaeological study, paid for by

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2400-525: The New Studio, opened in 1990 with an exhibition of paintings by Hudson River School artist Worthington Whittredge . The site was also slated to include a gatekeeper's cottage, a library and administration center, an outdoor amphitheater, as well as a 10,000-square-foot (930 m) museum, which was to be completed in 1992. During the initial planning phase for the complex, the village's historical society intervened, expressing curiosity over possible remains in

2475-625: The New York State Board for Historic Preservation) was created to help guide their management. New York's park system continued expansion after World War II ended. The creation or completion of various parkways in the state, such as the Palisades Interstate Parkway and Lake Ontario Parkway , received priority during the 1950s. As visitation to New York's state parks increased following the war, new lands were sought for state parks, including unsuccessful attempts to expand into

2550-529: The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) was created in 1970; however, the history of state parks and historic sites in New York stretches back to the latter part of the 19th century. Management of state-owned parks, and guidance for the entire state park system, was accomplished by various regional commissions, private organizations, statewide advisory councils, and divisions within other state agencies prior to

2625-575: The Newington-Cropsey Foundation Academy of Art beginning in 1993. From 1994 until about 2005, the NCF hosted the Hudson Valley Art Association's Annual Exhibition; Newington and the foundation had been long-time supporters of the association, which was established by a small group of artists who first met at Ever Rest in 1928. In 2006, the NCF spent $ 500,000 to create a Christian docudrama Lost Letters of Faith ,

2700-588: The United States and to cities in Canada , Brazil and England . By 1891, the National Conduit and Cable Company had established an operation on the waterfront producing cables for utility companies here and abroad. In 1912, labor strife between striking workers and their employer, the National Cable and Conduit Company, left two striking workers and two bystanders dead. Similar labor unrest occurred in 1916, whereby

2775-714: The United States. Commuter rail service is available via the Hastings-on-Hudson railway station, served by the Metro-North Railroad 's Hudson Line to Grand Central Terminal , Croton-on-Hudson and Poughkeepsie ; transfers to Amtrak 's Empire Corridor are available three stops south, at the Yonkers railway station. Additionally, several bus routes operated by the Bee-Line Bus System , connect Hastings-on-Hudson with other places in Westchester and northern sections of

2850-434: The Village was 86.8% (7456) White , 2.9% (249) African American , 5.2% (446) Asian , and 2.50% (215) from two or more races . White alone, no Hispanic or Latino were 81.7% (7018) Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.6% (567) of the population. As of the census of 2020, the median income for a household in the Village was $ 139,879. The per capita income for the Village was $ 79,190. About 2.9% of families and 2.5% of

2925-467: The Village was put under house arrest. During World War I , 200 National Guardsmen were stationed in Hastings-on-Hudson because of the security interests of the National Conduit plant and a chemical plant opened by Frederick G. Zinsser that produced a wood alcohol called Hastings Spirits. The plant was important because in 1915 it took orders from the UK to produce .303 ammunition but they could not pump up

3000-767: The Westchester County Historical Society (a former president of the Hastings Historical Society) supported an archaeological study, and described that the site was previously the confluence of two streams where three early mills operated, including a bone mill and brass and iron-turning factory. Since then, the site was home to the Hastings Pavement and Brick factory, the Cottlet Hotel, and a Hastings Department of Public Works building. The public works building's foundation still remained, and

3075-545: The agency direct control of New York's park lands, with the State Council of Parks and regional commissions retaining an advisory role in management. The agency's name was updated in 1981 to its current form, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP). The state park system underwent a period of rapid expansion during former governor George Pataki 's administration. Between 1995 and 2007, Pataki, along with then-parks commissioner Bernadette Castro , opened 28 new state parks. Although

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3150-594: The area became a no-man's land and was raided repeatedly by both sides. The minor Revolutionary War skirmish known as the Battle of Edgar's Lane was fought in Hastings. Following the Revolution, the Philipses, who had been loyal to George III , saw their vast lands confiscated and sold by the newly established American state. In 1785, the four farms comprising today's Hastings-on-Hudson were bought by James DeClark, Jacobus Dyckman, George Fisher, and tavern keeper Peter Post. Around

3225-707: The authority of the New York State Conservation Commission (which notably included those lands that comprised the Forest Preserve in the Adirondacks and Catskills ). Its formation was supported by governor Alfred E. Smith and based on plans by Robert Moses , who became the council's first commissioner; Moses would remain in charge of the council until 1963. The council initially included representatives from regional park commissions and other organizations involved in park management, including

3300-473: The bronze sculptures. The NCF's goal was the placement of many sculptures on numerous college campuses as a link between scholarship and artistry. By 1997, the NCF had already donated Bill of Rights Eagle , a sculpture by NCF Academy of Art Director Greg Wyatt to the college. The NCF planned to donate 15 to 20 additional bronze sculptures by the students for permanent exhibition, added over the following three to five years. The final piece would also be by Wyatt,

3375-413: The building's main gallery has Cropsey paintings hung well above eye level, poorly lit, and with unlabeled and overcleaned paintings. She found Cropsey's works better-suited and more easy to see at Ever Rest. The building's exterior has wrought iron doors and a canopy, along with arches and turrets. The parkland surrounding and in front of the gallery includes a duck pond with duck houses . The rotunda

3450-414: The census of 2000, the median income for a household in the Village was $ 83,188, and the median income for a family was $ 129,227. Males had a median income of $ 76,789 versus $ 50,702 for females. The per capita income for the Village was $ 48,914. About 1.5% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over. In 2013,

3525-621: The century-long era of heavy industry on the Hastings-on-Hudson waterfront. The 1926-founded Hillside-on-Hastings sanitarium and hospital opened in 1926. They relocated to Glen Oaks, Queens , in 1941. Billie Burke , actress (the "Good Witch" in The Wizard of Oz ), lived in Hastings-on-Hudson and left her property to the school district, which still owns it, and uses it for various sports. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich , from Ripley , in western New York, used real estate profits to purchase

3600-467: The college, admitted the tree looks dead, and requested Wyatt weld leaves and buds onto his work. Newbern did defend the program overall, and noted that the student artists are diverse in ethnicity and gender. A committee of professors was not created to approve this project as the vice chancellor did not want the project to be a missed opportunity if obstacles came up. It was noted that the NCF appeared right-leaning, with stated goals to "advance and promote

3675-488: The establishment of NYS OPRHP, which grew from the framework created by these earlier organizations. State-level procurement and management of parks in New York began in 1883, when then-governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation authorizing the appropriation of lands near Niagara Falls for a "state reservation". Two years later, the Niagara Reservation, known today as Niagara Falls State Park , opened to

3750-466: The exhibit. In April 1988, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cleaned up oil from Sugar Pond, a small pond on the property. The department approved the project and its environmental assessment report. Beginning in the late 1980s, the NCF contracted the construction of an intricately landscaped 19th-century arts complex with three buildings, a pond, and a garden, designed by Peter Gisolfi Associates of Hastings. The first building,

3825-496: The following departments and commissions as of 2014: A reorganization of New York's state government took place in 1926, which resulted in the creation of the New York State Conservation Department. The newly formed Conservation Department included a Division of Parks which assumed responsibility for management of New York's parks and historic sites. The Council of Parks continued as a constituent unit of

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3900-431: The foundation partnered with Vanderbilt University to create a sculpture garden on the university campus, to be known as the "Garden of Great Ideas". Then-US Republican Senator Fred Thompson brought the idea of the sculpture garden to the university's chancellor Joe B. Wyatt , who visited the NCF and decided to partner with the organization. Students of the NCF's Academy of Art, including six young artists, would create

3975-651: The foundation's director is Anthony Speiser; all three also act as trustees. The organization provides grants to representational artists and classes to sculptors of classical works; it also publishes American Arts Quarterly , a journal for non-abstract art. The NCF maintains a large collection of Cropsey's paintings: about 100 oil and 30 watercolor paintings. It is seen as the leading authority on Cropsey paintings. After Jasper Cropsey's death in 1900, his wife Maria Cropsey still lived in Ever Rest, until her death in 1906. Jasper Cropsey's granddaughter Isabel subsequently inherited

4050-799: The governor was lauded as a conservationist for his actions, the new parks increased financial burdens on the NYS ;OPRHP, whose funding for operations remained steady. In 2010, a statewide fiscal crisis led to an announcement that 55 state parks and historic sites would be closed. The threatened closures were eventually averted, with budget shortfalls made up through reduced staffing and hours at many parks, closure of some internal facilities such as campgrounds and golf courses, and increases in user fees. The 2010 fiscal crisis resulted in decreased availability of funds for maintenance and upkeep at New York's parks. To help address an estimated $ 1 billion in needed repairs, $ 143 million in funds were made available in 2012;

4125-434: The infusion of urban professionals from New York City resulted in characterization of the town as an example of "hipsturbia", a neologism coined by The New York Times to describe the hip lifestyle as lived in suburbia by " hipsters ". However, this article has been the subject of much controversy both within and with-out the community, with The New York Observer publishing one particularly scathing commentary. It

4200-468: The last home and studio of Jasper Cropsey , and the Gallery of Art Building, a museum dedicated to the works of Cropsey. The properties are adjacent to each other in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson. The foundation's stated aim is to preserve the moral, artistic and religious values of Jasper Cropsey and the Hudson River School , as well as to "recapture a little sense of stability, security and beauty that

4275-541: The pond, and construct steps to connect the property to Ever Rest, in total "to make [the property] look like a Cropsey painting". In 1979, the NCF was among several museums and private collectors that lent items to "An Unprejudiced Eye", an exhibit of Cropsey's works. The exhibit was at the Hudson River Museum and was created by the village of Hastings, marking its association with Cropsey and its 100th anniversary. NCF art historian Kenneth Maddox organized and curated

4350-452: The population were below the poverty line . As of the census of 2000, there were 3,093 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

4425-454: The production, so the contract were cancelled in late 1916. In 1917 it produced .30-06 ammo for the US Navy and Army. The Anaconda Copper Company took over National Conduit in 1929, and a few years later acquired the Hastings Pavement property. By the end of World War II , Anaconda owned most of the industrial waterfront. Anaconda closed its Hastings-on-Hudson plant in 1975, bringing to an end

4500-444: The property and began buying back some of Cropsey's paintings. Isabel and her husband William Steinschneider lived there, raising their daughter Barbara in the house. William was a six-term mayor of Hastings. Isabel died in 1958 and William in 1970, making William the last to live in the house; Barbara inherited it. Their daughter, married as Barbara Newington, aggressively pursued Cropsey's paintings alongside her husband John until about

4575-825: The public. The park is claimed to be the oldest state park in the United States, and was the first established via eminent domain . The State Reservation on the St. Lawrence was authorized in 1896. By 1898, it included modest state holdings in the Thousand Islands region of New York. During the early 20th century, the state continued to expand its public parks system with several large additions, including Letchworth State Park in 1906, Fire Island State Park (known today as Robert Moses State Park ) in 1908, John Boyd Thacher State Park in 1914, Enfield Glen State Park (today's Robert H. Treman State Park ) in 1920, and Allegany State Park in 1921. A coordinated effort to protect portions of

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4650-498: The ravine. The society urged the village's planning board to put a hold on construction so the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation could make preliminary tests in the ravine. The historical society president described the site as "our village's cradle of civilization – where our early industry started"; another member of the society expressed that the site was "the least-disturbed 19th-century industrial site in Westchester County". The executive director of

4725-573: The roads adjoining Hillside Elementary School. Local residents formed a committee called "Save Hillside Woods" and raised close to $ 800K. As a result of the 1987 stock market crash and the subsequent receivership of the bank that held the mortgage on the property, the Village purchased this parcel from the FDIC with the funds accumulated and a bond floated by the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson to expand and maintain Hillside Woods. The Jasper F. Cropsey House and Studio and Hastings Prototype House are listed on

4800-506: The same time, Westchester County, which had been established as one of the 10 original counties in New York, was divided into towns, and the area that is now Hastings-on-Hudson became part of the town of Greenburgh. The village was incorporated in 1879 and its name changed from Hastings-Upon-Hudson to Hastings-on-Hudson. Stone quarrying was the earliest industry in Hastings-on-Hudson. From 1865 to 1871, hundreds of Scottish and Irish laborers blasted huge quantities of dolomitic marble from

4875-415: The sculptures to not achieve the school's goals of quality and diversity, noting one material, one presentation, and generic ideas symbolized by the works. As well, no Vanderbilt students were among the student artists. Tree of Learning provoked the most opposition from professors, seen as a "boring and unchallenging" reproduction of a barren or burnt dead tree. Judson Newbern, associate vice chancellor of

4950-618: The site was dedicated. Ever Rest and the Gallery of Art are part of the Hudson River School Art Trail, a project of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site . Ever Rest , the cottage and last home of Jasper Cropsey, is a 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) site managed by the foundation. The site is at 49 Washington Avenue in Hastings. The home is open for free tours by appointment as a historic house museum . The bright yellow board-and-batten Carpenter Gothic cottage

5025-469: The surrounding landscape, it was constructed at a cost of about $ 4 million. The building was designed to resemble a relic from a past era, recapturing beauty and stability of the 19th century. The building uses many principles of classical architecture, including sunlight directed onto the rotunda's floor. New York Times art critic Roberta Smith found the building to be "garishly inappropriate and amateurish", with "badly scaled architecture". She noted that

5100-408: The values inherent in the 19th century...including the belief that God created nature". The NCF also promotes "strong national pride in America". Professor Cecilia Tichi was against the works for their values, in believing that campuses are a place to stretch people's minds. Sculptor Joseph Petrovics, who sculpted the National Iwo Jima Memorial and the FDNY memorial wall , was a Studio Instructor at

5175-412: The village of Hastings, giving the village land and $ 400,000 for a garage for its department of public works. In turn, the NCF acquired a 6-acre (2.4 ha) parcel of land and the village's existing public works garage, on a site that was formerly the town dump for decades, and was called Frog Hollow around Cropsey's time. The NCF's initial plans were to renovate the garage, landscape the property, restore

5250-407: Was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.05. In the Village, as of the census of 2000, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males. As of

5325-403: Was managing 74 parks welcoming a combined 20 million visitors annually. However, the Division of Parks' responsibilities were reduced in 1944 when 27 State Historic Sites were placed under the jurisdiction of the New York State Education Department . These sites were eventually returned to the Conservation Department in 1966; in the same year, the New York State Historic Trust (which later became

5400-547: Was modeled after the Pantheon ; its terrazzo floor was modeled after the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. The rotunda also has friezes of scenes of Hudson River history . Surrounding the rotunda walls is an inscribed quotation from Cropsey: Ambition may be praiseworthy when its aim is that of excellence and the fountain from which it draws nourishment that of almighty wisdom. The main gallery

5475-582: Was one of several "Rivertowns" in New York State, which she described as among the "least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as the housing stock and sophisticated post-city life." Of those, Foster stated that Irvington was the "artsiest". Attractions and places for recreation include: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ( NYS OPRHP )

5550-535: Was significant tribal activity in the confluence of Factory Brook and Scheckler's Brook just behind what is now the Cropsey Studio, but the interest in the site failed to generate any archeological inquiry. Around 1650, a Dutch carpenter, named Frederick Philipse , arrived in New Amsterdam . In 1682, Philipse traded with the Native Americans for the area that is now Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson. In 1693,

5625-424: Was so much a part of the 19th century". The foundation also promotes representational painting and sculpture. The foundation does not seek publicity, intending to stay less noticed by the general public. Other than including listings in local guidebooks, the NCF has no marketing. The nonprofit organization is privately owned. The current chairman is Barbara Newington, the executive director is Adelia C. Rasines, and

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