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Untermyer wanted his estate to have formal gardens, and his competitive nature wanted them to be better than John D. Rockefeller's, [2] [10] whose estate Kykuit was not too far away, so in 1916, after buying additional property to the north and east of the original estate to expand it to 150 acres (61 ha), [11] Untermyer hired the École des ...
The garden is a municipal park owned by the City of Yonkers. The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, in partnership with the city, works to restore and enhance the site and raise funds to support its ...
Irwin Untermyer (February 2, 1886 – October 18, 1973) was an American attorney, jurist, and civic leader most notable for his work in New York City. [1] He was the son of Samuel Untermyer, another notable New York attorney who is best remembered for his opposition to Adolf Hitler and for creating Untermyer Park and Gardens, "America's Greatest Forgotten Garden" in Yonkers, New York. [2]
Untermyer developed elaborate gardens at his primary residence, Greystone, in Yonkers, New York. The 150-acre estate was situated on land adjacent to the Hudson River . [ 7 ] Greystone had previously been owned by Samuel Tilden , the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic presidential nominee in the disputed election of 1876 .
Yonkers (/ ˈ j ɒ ŋ k ər z / [5]) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York and the most-populous city in Westchester County.A centrally located municipality within the New York metropolitan area, Yonkers had a population of 211,569 at the 2020 United States census. [6]
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Samuel Untermyer in 1932. The Untermyer Fountain features a bronze cast of Walter Schott's Three Dancing Maidens, completed in Germany prior to 1910.Named after American lawyer and civic leader Samuel Untermyer, the fountain was donated to the park by his children, Irwin Untermyer, Alvin Untermyer, and Irene Richter, following his death in 1940.