Tag Archives: Bolton Priory

A Modern Man: A. J. Downing and the American Gentleman’s Country Seat

Posted on June 20, 2022 by mansionmusings

A. J. Downing (1815–1852) was full of modern ideas about landscape gardening. And he particularly wanted to create a tradition in the United States that was inspired by—but separate from—British and European precedents. He also recognized the need to adapt … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Musings | Tagged A. J. Downing, A. J. Downing and lawns, A. J. Downing Treatise, Alexander Jackson Davis, Andrew Jackson Downing, Bartow mansion, Bolton Priory, Conservatories in the 1840s, Conservatories in the 19th Century, Domestic Circle in the 19th century, Graceful Beauty, Greek Revival, Hunter Mansion, Landscape Design in the 1840s, Landscape Gardening in the 1840s, Maria Bartow Cole, Pelham Bay, Pelham Bay Park, Pelham Priory, Picturesque Beauty, Robert Bartow, Robert Bolton, Rural pursuits in the 19th century, The Picturesque, Thomas Cole, William Rickarby Miller | 1 Comment

Just Up the Road: Henry James’s Cousin Minny Temple

Posted on March 30, 2020 by mansionmusings

About two miles up the road from the Bartow mansion—near the border of Pelham and New Rochelle, New York—24-year-old Mary “Minny” Temple (1845–1870) died of tuberculosis on March 8, 1870. Her first cousin the novelist Henry James (1843–1916) received the … Continue reading →

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The Bartows and Art: A Lost Portrait, Famous Relatives, and Artistic Neighbors

Posted on June 10, 2017 by mansionmusings

We don’t know if the Bartow family had an interest in art, but we do know that they lived in the midst of artists, collectors, and a thriving art market. Robert Bartow and Maria Lorillard married in 1827 and set … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Asher B. Durand, Bartow mansion, Bartow Portraits, Bolton Priory, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, Christ Church Pelham, Clarina Bartow Bartow, Edgar John Bartow, Holy Trinity Brooklyn, Hunter Picture Collection, Hunter's Island, James A. Suydam, John Bolton, John Hunter, Maria Bartow Cole, National Academy of Design, Pelham Priory, Reginald Heber Bartow, Robert Bartow, Robert Bolton, Samuel F. B. Morse, Thomas Cole, William Jay Bolton | 3 Comments

Bluestockings and Blue Bloods: The Pelham Priory School for Young Ladies

Posted on October 5, 2016 by mansionmusings

The girls came from all over. They were daughters of the nation’s elite, of people such as Robert E. Lee and Lincoln’s former Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. They were Lorillards, Lefferts, and maybe even Bartows. In the nineteenth century, … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Bolton Priory, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, Female Academies, Henrietta Temple, Margaret Deland, Minny Temple, Mrs. Richard S. Greenough, Nanette Bolton, Pelham Priory, Robert Bolton, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Sarah Dana Loring, Women's Education | 6 Comments

In the Pelham Woods: The Poets of Pelham Priory

Posted on April 10, 2016 by mansionmusings

April is the twentieth anniversary of National Poetry Month. Please mark your calendars for Poetry in the Parlors on Sunday, April 17, at 4:30 p.m. when BPMM teams up with Four Way Books to present readings by poet Rachel Eliza … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Bolton Priory, Caroline May, David's Island, Nanette Bolton, Pelham Priory, Poetry, Priory School | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Bolton Priory

A Modern Man: A. J. Downing and the American Gentleman’s Country Seat

Just Up the Road: Henry James’s Cousin Minny Temple

The Bartows and Art: A Lost Portrait, Famous Relatives, and Artistic Neighbors

Bluestockings and Blue Bloods: The Pelham Priory School for Young Ladies

In the Pelham Woods: The Poets of Pelham Priory

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