If you go
Kykuit – The Rockefeller Estate
Open May – November; Timed tours
can be reserved in advance and purchased
online; Check the website for hours, tours
and transportation options; No photography allowed inside the house.
Stone Barns Center
for Food and Agriculture
In memory of farmer and farmland
preservationist Peggy Rockefeller, the
family donated this 80-acre property and
restored the barns that house this self-susOther nearby attractions that represent taining farm and Blue Hill at Stone Barns,
whose menu emphasizes fresh, sustainable
significant contributions to Westchester
foods from small farms in the Hudson
County by the Rockefellers include:
Valley.
Union Church of Pocantico Hills
The Rockefellers donated the money
and land for this small country church that
has one stained glass window by Henri
Matisse and nine by Marc Chagall
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
This state park encompasses 1,400 acres
of unspoiled public parklands donated by
the Rockefellers.
For additional information: Visit Westchester County Tourism.
Irene S. Levine
Irene S. Levine is an award-winning
travel journalist and blogger who is a regular contributor to the Chicago
Tribune, PBS NextAvenue.
org and other print and online
publications. She produces
MoreTimeToTravel.com,
a source of information and inspiration
for the over-50 luxury traveler, with her
husband/photographer/travel companion
Jerome Levine.
Trained as a psychologist, Irene holds as
faculty appointment as a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School
of Medicine.
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