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Van Cortlandt Manor Frommer's Recommended

525 S Riverside Ave, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520

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Hours Late-May to 1st week Sept, Thurs-Sun 11am-6pm (last tour 5pm); Nov-Dec weekends only, 10am-4pm (last tour 3pm)
Location Off Rte. 9; Croton Point Ave. exit, Croton-on-Hudson, East Side of the Hudson
Phone 914/631-8200 Mon-Fri, 914/591-8763 on weekends
Web site www.hudsonvalley.org
Prices Guided tours admission $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 children 5-17, free for children 4 and under; grounds-only pass $5 adults, $3 children 5-17
Closed Closed Jan-late-May

Review of Van Cortlandt Manor

Although superficially the least spectacular of the seven Historic Hudson Valley properties, this working estate and Revolutionary War-era country manor house is a living-history museum that reveals much about the life and activities of the 18th century. Guides don Federal period dress, and the massive open-hearth kitchen and grounds play host to cooking, blacksmithing, weaving, and brick-making demonstrations. The tavern on the premises served customers of a ferry business that carried people back and forth across the Croton River.

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