Boscobel Mansion, New York
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Boscobel
Boscobel is a mansion built
during 1804-1808 in the neoclassical style
of architecture. It can be found overlooking
the Hudson River fifty miles north of the
city of New York. The Constitution March
Sanctuary and Consortium, the United States
Military Academy, Storm King Mountain and
the Bear Mountan Bridge are all visible from
the mansion’s front lawn.
The striking front façade is undoubtedly the
building’s most distinguishing feature.
Unlike many Federal style structures, the
design is very delicate and intricate. The
top of the balcony on the second floor
features wooden swags carved to resemble
drapery, tassels and bowknots. A third of
the façade is
made of thin, large panels
of glass.
Boscobel’s original location is in Montrose
approximately fifteen miles south of the
current site. The mansion was built by
States Morris Dyckman, who was a descendant
of one of the prominent Dutch families in
New Amsterdam.
The mansion was passed on from generation to
generation of Dyckmans until 1920. In 1955,
a local organization named the Friends of
Boscobel saved the building from being
demolished to make way for
a hospital. A year later,
the Friends of Boscobel arranged for the
transfer of the mansion to its present
location upriver.
