100 Things to Do
Castle on the Hudson

Jul 13, 2007

The National Trust for Historic Preservation owns and maintains Lyndhurst, a Hudson River mansion in Tarrytown considered one of the most influential romantic structures built in America. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style by architect Alexander Jackson Davis. Its rolling lawns and specimen trees offer a well-tended surrounding for this “castle” that was built in 1838 and expanded in 1864-65. Jay Gould, the railroad magnate, bought Lyndhurst in 1880 and used it as a summer home until his death in 1892. When his last surviving daughter, Anna, died in 1961, the mansion passed to the National Trust. It contains art collected by the Goulds and furnishings they selected. It is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 to 5, through October; then weekends and Monday holidays, 10-4.  There is a Carriage House Cafe (open Wednesday-Sunday, May through October) and a museum shop. Admission to the grounds is $4; to the house, $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, $4 for students (12-17 years).