Lyndhurst

For those who don't know the area:

Lyndhurst is a Gothic Revival country house that sits in a 67-acre park beside the Hudson River in Tarrytown, New York. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The home was designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis and owned in succession by New York City mayor William Paulding Jr., merchant George Merritt, and railroad tycoon Jay Gould. Paulding named his house "Knoll". Its limestone exterior was quarried in present-day Ossining, New York. Merritt, the house's second owner, doubled the size of the house in 1864–1865 and renamed it "Lyndenhurst". His new north wing included an imposing four-story tower, a new porte-cochere, a new dining room, two bedrooms and servants' quarters. Gould purchased the property in 1880 to use as a country house. He shortened its name to "Lyndhurst" and occupied it until his death in 1892. In 1961, Gould's daughter Anna Gould donated it to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The house is now open to the public.

I went there with my friends George and Martha. Although I've been to, and through the property many times I've never actually been inside. It was good to see the interior. As you can see that had put a lot of effort into preparing for Christmas. Maybe too much. Very festive, but maybe a Christmas tree (sometimes more) it every room was a bit too much

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