Bartow-Pell Mansion

The Bartow-Pell Mansion is a historic house museum located in the northern portion of Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, New York City. A National Historic Landmark, it has one of the nation's finest Greek Revival interiors, and is the last surviving major mid-19th century country estate house in the Pelham Bay area.[4]

Bartow-Pell Mansion and Carriage House
NYC Landmark No. 0125
Location895 Shore Road North, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York
Coordinates40°52′17.8″N 73°48′21.4″W
Built1836
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.74001220
NYCL No.0125
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1974[1]
Designated NHLDecember 8, 1976[2]
Designated NYCLFebruary 15, 1966[3]

History

Originally the Robert and Maria Lorillard Bartow House, the residence and estate date back to 1654. The Lords of the Manor of Pelham once owned the home which was later enlarged, renovated and remodeled in the Federal style. The current house was built between 1836 and 1842. Ownership of the house passed between the Bartow and Pell families until it was finally sold to the City of New York in 1888 by descendants of the Bartow family.[5]

The mansion remained unused and empty for years before being leased by the City of New York to Mrs. Zelia Hoffman in 1914 to house the International Garden Club, Inc., an organization she had founded to promote formal gardens. The club has since extended its purpose to include the preservation and restoration of the home.[6] The exterior of the mansion was restored and the formal gardens were constructed from 1914 to 1917.[7][8] In 1936, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia used the mansion as his summer residence while nearby Orchard Beach was built. The interior of the mansion, furnished with period antiques, reopened to the public as a museum in 1946. Some of the furnishings include the desk of Aaron Burr, who married a distant Bartow relative, Theodosia, and the only original and authentic Lannuier bed. The property also includes the Pell family burial plot.

The property, including the mansion and a carriage house, was made an official New York City designated landmark in 1966[3] and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978.[2][4] Since 2008, Adventures in Preservation has been helping to preserve Bartow-Pell Mansion, a project that has been partly funded by a grant from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[9]

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Bartow-Pell Mansion". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 8, 2007. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007.
  3. "Bartow-Pell Mansion" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. February 15, 1966. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  4. Carolyn Pitts (August 4, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum". National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Chronological history of Bartow-Pell Mansion
  6. About Mrs Charles Frederick Hoffman
  7. "GARDEN CLUB ENJOINS CITY.; Justice Ottinger Says It Must Not Be Ousted Before Trial". The New York Times. July 9, 1918. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  8. Club, International Garden (1915). Constitution and By-laws of the International Garden Club. The Club.
  9. "Adventures in Preservation - Shutter Shop on Shore Road". Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
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