Nuits (Irvington, New York)
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Nuits, also known as the Cottenet–Brown House, is an Italian villa-style house located in the Ardsley-on-Hudson section of the village of Irvington, New York, United States. It is a stone Italian vill
West elevation, 2009
1860 photolithograph showing south profile and east elevation
Albany Post Road
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The Albany Post Road was a post road – a road used for mail delivery – in the U.S. state of New York. It connected New York City and Albany along the east side of the Hudson River, a service now perfo
Nuits (Irvington, New York)
…European-born architects working in America, to design a riverside villa for him. It was originally located on 65 acres (26 ha), the sole house between the Albany Post Road (now US 9) and the river in what has since become the Ardsley-on-Hudson section of Irvington. Lienau insisted on French Caen limestone to be true to…
Old Albany Post Road in Philipstown, a section that remains unpaved and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Broadway (U.S. Route 9) as it passes the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Visible in the lower-right corner is an 18th-century milestone, bottom center is a mounting block, or carriage stone.
Milestone near the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow reads: "Miles from New York 28." Milestones were placed along the Albany Post Road to assist travelers with navigation and to help calculate postage delivery fees.