Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park
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Bayard Cutting Estate
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Standard fauna of Bayard Cutting Arboretum
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| Nearest city: | Great River, New York |
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| Coordinates: | 40°44′49″N 73°10′4″W / 40.74694°N 73.16778°WCoordinates: 40°44′49″N 73°10′4″W / 40.74694°N 73.16778°W |
| Area: | 750 acres (300 ha) |
| Architect: | Frederick Law Olmsted |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 73001271[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 2, 1973 |
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is an extensively landscaped garden located in the hamlet of Great River, Suffolk County, New York, USA. It is mostly in the form of an estate arboretum, laid out, starting in 1887, for William Bayard Cutting (1850-1912) by Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park.
The house at the heart of the park, Westbrook, is modelled on an English country house. It and its landscaped park were given to the people of Long Island by Bayard Cutting's widow and daughter "to provide an oasis of beauty and quiet for the pleasure, rest, and refreshment of those who delight in outdoor beauty; and to bring about a greater appreciation and understanding of the value and importance of informal planting."
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[edit] History
Charles Sprague Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum advised in developing the extensive conifer collection north of the carriage house. Some of the most mature planting was badly damaged in Hurricane Gloria in 1985.
William Bayard Cutting's grandfather, Robert Cutting, had been Robert Fulton's partner in the ferry from Brooklyn to New York; they married sisters who were daughters of Walter Livingston. Cutting was a West India merchant who developed railroad interests; his son was a pioneer in refining sugar from sugar beets.
In 1895 Cutting and his brother laid out a golf course at Westbrook, known to be the first private golf course in the United States.[2]
When a fire in 1895 burned down many of the farm buildings, Stanford White was commissioned to draw the plans for a modern dairy, known as Westbrook Farms, with many innovative features.
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is one of the last remaining estates on the South Shore of Long Island and. as most that remain in existence, it is neither family owned or occupied. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973 as a national historic district.[1]
[edit] Activities
Nature trail and recreational programs. Food and a gift shop at Westbrook.
[edit] See also
- Westbrook, Suffolk County, New York
- List of New York state parks
- List of botanical gardens in the United States
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Lynn Beebe Weaver (September 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bayard Cutting Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=8676. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying six photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=8704.
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