Bartow-Pell Mansion

Bartow-Pell Mansion

Infobox_nrhp | name =Bartow-Pell Mansion and Carriage House
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York


caption =
location= 895 Shore Road North, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY, USA
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 52 | lat_seconds = 17.8 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 48 | long_seconds = 21.4 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1836
architect=
architecture= Greek Revival
designated = December 8, 1976 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1457&ResourceType=Building|title=Bartow-Pell Mansion|date=2007-09-08|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 30, 1974 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=74001220

The Bartow-Pell Mansion is a New York City landmark and museum located in northern portion of Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx. Originally the Robert and Marie Lorillard Bartow House, the residence and estate date back to 1654. 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 in 1888 by decendants of the Bartow family. [ [http://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/about/chronHistory.php Chronological history of Bartow-Pell Mansion] ]

The mansion remained unused and empty for years before being leased to the city by Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman in 1914 to house the International Garden Club, 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. [ [http://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/about/hoffman.php About Mrs Charles Frederick Hoffman] ]

The exterior of the mansion was restored and the formal gardens were constructed from 1914 to 1917/ [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B07EFD8173EE433A2575AC0A9619C946996D6CF&oref=slogin "GARDEN CLUB ENJOINS CITY", "New York Times", July 9, 1918, Page 24] ] [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=4AsDAAAAYAAJ&dq=international+garden+club&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=c0ivcy-jeY&sig=UvQgunu0VmcZs8SZmsjXPPjH2KQ#PPP1,M1 Constitution and By-Laws of the Internation Garden Club, 1915] ] . 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. The property also includes the Pell family burial plot.

The property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74001220.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum] |447 KiB |author=Carolyn Pitts|date=August 4, 1997|publisher=National Park Service]

References

External links

* [http://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/ Bartow-Pell Mansion website]


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