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Mumford, a mostly self-taught New York City native, and his wife Sophia had lived in Greenwich Village and Sunnyside Gardens in Queens following their 1921 marriage. After the success of Sticks and Stones, his 1924 history of American architecture, critic Joel Elias Spingarn invited him up to his Amenia estate, Troutbeck. The Mumfords spent the ...
He served as a member of the Board of Managers for the New York Botanical Garden. [11] He lived with his wife, Amy Einstein Spingarn, in Manhattan and at their country estate which later became the Troutbeck Inn and Conference Center [12] in Amenia, New York. They had two sons, including Stephen J. Spingarn, and two daughters.
GNIS feature ID. 0942425 [ 2] Website. www .ameniany .gov. Amenia is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 3,769 at the 2020 census, [ 3] down from 4,436 at the 2010 census. [ 4] The town is on the eastern border of the county.
Great Nine Partners Patent. The Great Nine Partners Patent, also known as the "Lower Nine Partners Patent," was a land grant in Dutchess County, New York, made on May 27, 1697, by New York governor Benjamin Fletcher . The parcel included about four miles (6 km) along the Hudson River and was eight to ten miles (13 to 16 km) wide, extending from ...
The Ten Mile River ( Tenmile River on federal maps [1]) is a 15.4-mile-long (24.8 km) [2] river that flows through Dutchess County, New York, into westernmost Connecticut. The river is formed in the town of Amenia, New York, at the confluence of Webatuck Creek and Wassaic Creek. The Ten Mile River runs south through the town of Dover, New York ...
Amenia, New York: Created In 1638, And Named For The Dutchess Of York. The "t" In Original Name Is Still Used. 3: Amenia: US 44, North of Amenia Amenia, New York: Named From The Latin "amoena," "pleasant To The Eye," By Dr. Thomas Young, Early Settler, Who Also Named Vermont. 4: New York State: NYS 343, Northeast of Leedsville, At NY-CT Line ...
Timeline of town creation in the Hudson Valley. The Senate House, in Kingston, is where the U.S. state of New York was founded in 1777. [1] The predecessors of Hudson Valley towns predate the state. The towns and cities of the Hudson Valley were created by the U.S. state of New York as municipalities, in order to perform the services of local ...
The Amenia station was a New York Central Railroad station that served the residents of Amenia, New York via the Harlem Line. It was 85 miles (136 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central was approximately two hours, sixteen minutes. The station consisted of a single low-level platform, on the west side of the single ...