This photograph of the lawn at Annandale is dated Thanksgiving, November 29, 1888. Margaret Bard had been dead many years, and John Bard was remarried to Annie Belcher with whom he had a daughter, Marjorie. Annandale was a financial burden, and...
This photograph of the north lawn of Blithewood was probably taken soon after Bard College acquired the estate in November of 1951. At that time, and on the death of his mother, Christian Zabriskie donated (in exchange for $1) the property to...
An aerial view of the east bank of the Hudson River. In the center of the image are the mansion and the garden of Blithewood estate, surrounded by forests and fields.
Designed by Hoppin & Koen, Blithewood was built for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Zabriskie, and completed ca. 1901. Their son, Christian Andrew Zabriskie, transferred the Blithewood Estate to Bard College in 1951 for one dollar.
Personal Property Inventory of the estate of Martha S. Tuthill provides a detailed listing of typical household items considered important to a mid-nineteenth century Orange County household.
This indenture documents the sale from the Estate of Dr. Samuel Staats of one sixth of his one thirteenth share of the Wawayanda Patent in Orange County.
March 3, 1944 V-mail written by Joseph R. Barrs to Henry Staley of Cottage Farm in Rhinebeck, New York from "somewhere in England" during World War II.
