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Along the east bank of the Hudson River, between the cities of Poughkeepsie and Hudson, New York, the Great Estates Region of the Hudson River Valley forms an “emerald necklace” of magnificent country seats within the 22,000-acre Hudson River National Landmark District. These estates open a window onto a past in which leading taste makers such as Alexander Jackson Davis, Andrew Jackson Downing, and Calvert Vaux transformed the theory and practice of architecture and landscape design. Julia Livingston Delafield, writing in 1877 about the country houses she knew and loved, captured an enthusiasm for this region that has endured for more than two centuries.
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