Kykuit
Kykuit (/ˈkaɪkət/ KY-kət), known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefeller family patriarch John D. Rockefeller. Conceived largely by his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and enriched by the art collection of the third-generation scion, Governor of New York, and Vice President of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller, it was home to four generations of the family. The house is a National Historic Landmark owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and tours are given by Historic Hudson Valley.
John D. Rockefeller Estate (Kykuit) | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
New York State Register of Historic Places | |
Front facade, designed by William Welles Bosworth | |
| Location | 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°05′22.6″N 73°50′40″W |
| Area | 3,400 acres (1,380 ha) |
| Built | 1913 |
| Architect | Delano & Aldrich William Welles Bosworth (landscape and renovations) |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001290 |
| NYSRHP No. | 11908.000228 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1976 |
| Designated NHL | May 11, 1976 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
Kykuit (in modern Dutch the word Kijkuit means "Lookout", from kijkuit (also uitkijk), both compound nouns meaning "lookout, look-out") is situated on the highest point in Pocantico Hills, overlooking the Hudson River at Tappan Zee. Located near Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, it has a view of the New York City skyline 25 miles (40 km) to the south.