Dock Street Bridge, Spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY
Summary
Significance: At Vanderbilt Mansion, Frederick Vanderbilt created a country estate with a picturesque carriage drive system and bridges that both complemented and heightened the beauty of the natural landscape. One of a system of bridges constructed during the Vanderbilt period of ownership, the Dock Street Bridge represents Frederick Vanderbilt's approach to scenery. The rustic quality of the bridge was carefully designed so as to appear part of the surroundings, thus making it a part of the landscape.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N909
Survey number: HAER NY-320
Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Vanderbilt, Frederick
Eliot, Charles
W T Hiscox Company
Martineau, Harriet
Hosack, David
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Young, Kelly, researcher
Haas, David, photographer
Christianson, Justine, historian
Location
Hyde Park (Dutchess County, N.Y.), 41.78643, -73.88994
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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