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to be built, and the position of the house on the property, should determine what kind of features it should contain. To Bosworth, it was also ideal that the house and garden should be built at the same time. This was not possible with the Untermyer estate, as Greystone was already built and was not well-sited for Bosworth's purposes. The land as well was not flat and regular as a tradition formal garden would require. Instead, Untermyer's estate was rocky and irregular with hillocks, mounds, outcroppings and dips, and it sloped steeply down to the Hudson River.
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plan which would allow for fruits, shrubs and flower to be grown. Bosworth decided that the only part of the estate which would be appropriate for this was the site of a previous garden in the northeast portion of the property. The difficulty was to unify the landscape, and integrate the main house, several smaller houses, and the greenhouses – which Bosworth did not appreciate, but which were extremely important to Untermyer – into the overall scheme.
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The Rock and Stream Garden is the remnant of the original Rock Garden, which featured a tiny stream running through a jumble of stones. It was buried beneath vegetation and dirt for many years, until it was rediscovered and rebuilt using elements of the original, and connecting it to the watercourse
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The Walled Garden also featured the Temple of the Sky, an open-air circular 30-foot (9.1 m) colonnade of 14 Corinthian columns topped by an entablature, overlooking a swimming pool. The floor of the colonnade was a circular pink, grey and pale green mosaic, with the head of Medusa at the center.
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Untermyer died in 1940. He had wished to give the gardens to New York State, Westchester County, or to the City of Yonkers, but because of the great cost of the upkeep of the gardens, which were not accompanied by an endowment, the bequest was initially refused by all three bodies. Finally, in 1946,
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he complained about the "resulting incoherence lacking a tradition at home, our minds are furnished with pictures of every sort of formal garden." He regretted that the U.S. had "no pure historic style" of its own. Bosworth himself preached that the topography of the land on which the garden was
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Bosworth came up with a plan for the gardens: the greenhouse would act as a portal to the formal landscapes, of which there would be six main sections, the Walled Garden, the Vista, the Color Gardens, the Rose Garden, the Vegetable Gardens, and the Temple of Love, perched on a rocky promontory. Of
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In addition, while Rockefeller wanted a spring and fall garden, as he and his family did not live at Kykuit in the summer, Untermyer's focus was on horticulture and growing things, and wanted Bosworth to provide – along with stands of trees, water features and architectural effects – a
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bought the 133-acre (54 ha) property at auction in 1899 from Tilden's estate. Untermyer – who was born in Virginia in 1858 and moved to New York City as a boy – was a lawyer, a partner in the firm of Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall. He is noted as being the first lawyer in
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With its restored pergola and parterre layout, vegetables and fruit trees are planted in a formal configuration with an eye to aesthetic beauty. The garden is tended by student interns from Yonkers public high schools. The terrace below the garden will feature a row of bronze sculptures of Hudson
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Because of inadequate funding, much of the property was not maintained; a number of structures gradually fell into disrepair, and parts of the site became overgrown, reverting to woodland. In 1976, the Untermyer Park and Gardens experienced a period of vandalism and unrest, as neighbors reported
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When Untermyer died in 1940, he had hoped to donate the whole estate to New York Shate Westchester County, or to the City of Yonkers. Eventually Yonkers agreed to accept part of the estate. The parcel, which was the core of the gardens, and which has been added to since that time, was renamed
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The Walled Garden has a canal which ran south-north, from the entrance to the small open-air amphitheater at the other end, and another which bisects it running east-west, with a small pool at the intersection. Each canal has numerous water jets. Untermyer had hired the engineer
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Since 2011, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, a non-profit organization, has been working to restore the gardens, in partnership with the Yonkers Parks Department. The Conservancy employs head gardener Timothy Tilghman in a team of 10 gardeners, and receives advice from
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In 1865, John T. Waring, the owner of the largest hat factory in the U.S., bought 33 acres of land from the Bolmer estate, and had architect John Davis Hatch build a turreted mansion on it which Waring called "Greystone", a name which remains on the nearby
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Bosworth, despite his Beaux Arts training, had become conflicted about the influence of that style on American landscape gardening, and the jumble of other styles that were mixed into it with imported garden ornaments from Europe. In an article in
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In the 1970s an effort was made to restore the garden by Yonkers Mayor Angelo Martinelli, architect James Piccone and Larry Martin, but the campaign was short-lived and the property deteriorated again. Untermyer Park and Gardens was added to the
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the U.S. to receive a fee of one million dollars for a single case. A very successful investor, Untermyer became extremely wealthy. He also transitioned from practicing corporate law to taking cases which involved promoting the public welfare.
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Untermyer had a passion for horticulture, which he said he inherited from his mother, and was an expert in the subject. According to his family, if he could have lived his life over again, he would have wanted to be the
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Untermyer Park and Gardens has a number of preserved, restored or re-imagined main features, plus some remnants of original features such as the Sundial Garden, the Six Color Gardens, and the Rose and Dahlia Garden.
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The result was, for a time, one of the most celebrated gardens in the United States. Untermyer opened the grounds weekly to the public in the 1920s and '30s and for special events, such as displays of his noted
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and other artists. The gardens were regularly opened to the public, hosted performances of noted dancers, actors and musicians, and were considered to be among the finest gardens in the United States.
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on the eastern wall for guests to relax in, and the open air amphitheater at the north end where performers would entertain guests. A prominent feature of the amphitheater are the two facing marble
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The quality of horticulture at the Untermyer Gardens was nationally famous, and some great gardeners got their training there. Eventually, the estate had 60 greenhouses and employed 60 gardeners.
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hearing chanting, and seeing torches being carried through the woods at night. This culminated in the discovery of the remains of several mutilated dogs in the aqueduct south of the park.
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these, the Walled Garden – which was not always called that – was the most significant. This 3-acre (1.2 ha) "Indo-Persian kind of garden", as Bosworth called it, had
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a former governor of New York state and a failed Presidential candidate, rented the mansion from Waring in 1879, and bought it and the estate soon after. Tilden had an interest in
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was not too far away, so in 1916, after buying additional property to the north and east of the original estate to expand it to 150 acres (61 ha), Untermyer hired the
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In the 1990s community leaders such as Nortrud Spero and Joe Kozlowski persuaded Mayor Terence Zaleski to purchase more of the original estate's land with the help of the
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and fountain. Actual graffiti inside the gatehouse was preserved, and the plantings of the garden are meant to give the feeling of being in an abandoned, ruined house.
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on top. In Untermyer's time it was surrounded by an extensive rock garden with terraced beds. Many of the rocks are hollowed out in order to be used as planters.
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While conceptually Indo-Persian, many of the elements that Bosworth designed for the Walled Garden are derived from Greek models, such as the Temple of the Sky, a
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in northern India. The fourth side of the garden was open to views of the Hudson. The main entrance was a large rectangular limestone gate topped by a relief of
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16 acres (6.5 ha) of the land was accepted as a gift by the City of Yonkers, and became a city public park. The mansion itself was eventually torn down.
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The gardens were developed beginning in 1916 by Untermyer, a prominent lawyer and civic leader, and were designed by architect and landscape designer
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of the lower terrace of the Walled Garden down towards the Hudson River, where it culminates in the Vista Overlook. The staircase is modeled on the
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of the citadel of Mycenae, but without the two sculpted lions of the original, while the tiling of the amphitheater's stage floor was based on a
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Other architectural elements, such as the great gate through which one enters the garden, and the tiled stage of the amphitheater, were based on
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s. Like those ancient gardens, it is divided into quadrilateral sections by waterways, a concept based on the four gardens of Paradise or
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The Temple of Love is a cantilevered rocky fantasy designed by a Genoese stone mason Carlo Davite, with a round temple
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trees of the original staircase, however non-native tree species invaded, and the cedars had to be restored later.
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Untermyer Gardens have recently undergone a significant campaign of restorations, which is continuing.
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The densely-planted Rhododendron Walk, a new feature dating from 2019, is meant to evoke Untermyer's
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walls with octagonal towers – is based on the Indo-Persian gardens of antiquity, called
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of walls of beige bricks on three sides, with octagonal towers, all covered in cream-colored
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Public park in Yonkers, New York featuring the remnants of Samuel Untermyer's noted gardens
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The Vista is a long descending staircase which runs from an inconspicuous doorway in the
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and built 13 greenhouses to grow ornamental plants as well as fruits and vegetables.
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The North Canal of the Walled Garden with the sphynxes in the background (c.1900)
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Exploring Gardens & Green Spaces: From Connecticut to the Delaware Valley
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Sphinxes atop paired ionic columns in the amphitheater of the Walled Garden
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scored with a diamond pattern. Bosworth may have been inspired by the
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collection. It leads from the Ruin Garden to the main gardens above.
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of the Temple of Love, which includes waterfalls, ponds and bridges.
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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The Lion and Unicorn Gate entrance to the gardens is located at the
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Interactive map showing the location for Untermyer Park and Gardens
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is a historic 43-acre (17 ha) city public park, located in
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to the bluff on top of it, the park's principal feature is the
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Untermyer Park and Gardens in his honor. It was added to the
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The Vista looking west to the Hudson River and The Overlook
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resulting in the 43 acres (17 ha) of the park today.
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long staircase leads from the Walled Garden to an Overlook
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As of 2020 the Temple of the Sky is under restoration.
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columns which came from the estate of noted architect
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Untermyer Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York State Register of Historic Places

Untermyer Park and Gardens is located in New York
Untermyer Park and Gardens is located in the United States
Yonkers, New York
40°58′0″N 73°53′16″W / 40.96667°N 73.88778°W / 40.96667; -73.88778
William W. Bosworth
74002263
Yonkers, New York
Westchester County
New York City
Samuel Untermyer
Hudson River
Walled Garden
Indo-Persian
gardens
amphitheater
sphinxes
Ionic columns
pavilion
stoa
loggias
Temple of the Sky
long staircase leads from the Walled Garden to an Overlook
Palisades
William W. Bosworth
Charles Wellford Leavitt
Paul Manship

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