Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T! Merry Christmas to my followers who celebrate and best wishes to all for a Happy New Year.
Last year, my daughter and I visited Ringwood Manor for the Victorian Christmas Event. The Manor was built in 1807 and then purchased by the Cooper-Hewitt family in 1853.
The 51 room mansion was donated to the state by Erskine Hewitt, the last heir of the family’s iron fortune.
In December, the Women’s Club of West Milford decorates the first floor of the mansion and hosts an open house to raise funds for the park. There are also concerts on a few nights…tickets to the concert must be purchased in advance.
- Ringwood Manor National Historic Landmark District
- Merry Christmas from Ringwood Manor National Historic Landmark District
- Victorian Christmas at Ringwood Manor
- Skylands Botanical Gardens
Location: 1304 Sloatsburg Rd, Ringwood, NJ 07456
Designation: National Historic Landmark District, State Park
Date designated or established: November 13, 1966
Date of my visit: 12/8/2018
Sarah Hewitt was an avid collector of fine things, including marquetry as seen in the table, chairs and cabinets in this room.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks and Merry Christmas to you, Tim!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, too!
Thanks! Happy 2020!
Nice holiday photos!
Merry Christmas.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
What a house! Thank you for sharing!
They do a nice job of making it festive, and the open house is the only time they let you take photos. Thanks for reading!
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Spectacular. I want to sit in one of those rooms and sip sherry all day and I don’t even like sherry. 🙂 Merry Christmas!
How about tea? Or maybe one of those fancy drinks Clarence tried to order in It’s A Wonderful Life? I’d have a hot toddy in the marquetry room (if I knew what was in it.) Happy New Year! 🙂
I’d probably just end up with a beer but I’d hold my pinkie finger aloft as I sipped.
Merry Christmas! It’s great that they display the clothes, too. What a fun place to visit!
Yes the clothes are great. There were different ones on display when I went through for the non-Christmas tour, so I guess they must rotate artifacts in and out of storage
I’ve always had trouble visualizing interior scenes when reading Victorian novels. Your photos of these beautifully decorated rooms will help fill those gaps as I reread my Austin and Bronte novels. Merry Christmas!
Yes, Ringwood definitely fits those novels. 🙂 Merry Christmas to you!
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Merry Christmas 🎄
We love old homes. Always wonder if those walls could talk.
🙂
Merry Christmas and a happy 2020
Thanks and to you too!
Thank you 🙂