Rhinebeck Area Historic Survey, Hudson River, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

Significance: 16 miles of historic properties on the east bank of the Hudson River between Staatsburg and Tivoli, New York, trace their origin to a single source, the powerful and influential Livingston family. Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, in 1775, inherited the vast landholdings of his grandfather, Robert of Clermont, his father, Judge Robert Livingston of Clermont. and his mother's father, Colonel Henry Beekman, Jr. The Chancellor's lands included the 17,000 acres of Clermont (the lower third of Livingston Manor), the extensive Beekman patents, and purchases in Dutchess County...

Survey number: HABS NY-5624

Building/structure dates: 1854 Subsequent Work

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1933 - 1970

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