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- Inventor Samuel FB Morse spent summers in his Locust Grove Estate in the New York Hudson Valley.
- Built in 1852, 14,000 square feet in the Italian villa have 45 rooms over six floors.
- It was bought by a young family in 1901 and has survived uniquely.
When Samuel FB Morse did not create a morse code, invented telegraphic and painted portraits, he was relaxing in the territory of the Locust Grove Heritage in New York.
About 80 miles from Poughhkepsie in New York, Locust Grove was built in 1852 on Bluff, which overlooks the Hudson River. The 14,000 square foot in the Italian villa has a total of 45 rooms above six floors.
Morse, his wife Sarah Elizabeth Griswold Morse, and their four children spent each summer there until death in 1872. (Morse also had three adult children from his first marriage to Lucretia Walker, who died in 1825).)
The home was then rented to a wealthy local couple, William and Martha Young, who bought it in 1901 and spent around $ 15,000 to renovate the interior and install modern amenities, such as electricity and midsummer heat Jacust GroveOfficial website.
The young daughter Annette admitted the historical importance of the estate and founded a non -profit association that continues to maintain and maintain it. Locust Grove opened to the public in 1979.
When the ground is open throughout the year, home excursions are available on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from April to December. They cost $ 20 per person.
“It's a really unusually preserved house, so art, history and architecture interested people always find something here,” said Ken Snodgrass, director and curator of Locust Grove Estate, on his tour in 2023.
Take a look at Locust Grove.
Locust Grove, located in New York, once belonged to the inventor of Morse Code and Telegraph Samuel FB Morse.
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The estate is located in a land of 200 acres. During the spring visit of 2023, I enjoyed walking through fragrant gardens to reach the house.
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The home did not seem very large from the outside, but my guide Ken Snodgrass described Locust Grove as a “deceptively large”, with 45 rooms, which reached 14,000 square feet.
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Morse worked with architect Alexander Jackson Davis to design Locust Grove in Italian style inspired by Italian villas, decorative arc and surrounded porch.
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The interior of Locust Grove is unique because it is almost exactly as the young family left, unlike other historical homes whose curators have recovered, according to Snodgrass.
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Our first stop after entering was the dining room, which was adorned with portraits of young family members who bought the home from the Morsch in 1901.
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Immediately at the dining room there was a pantry where some of the 14 full -time employees of the property were out of the basement kitchen Dumbwaiter lift.
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The drawing room was used to entertain the guests before and after dinner. The young people also hosted dances and concerts here because the furniture was light and easy to reorganize.
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In the road room, my guide said that the inhabitants and guests of Locust Grove enjoyed the afternoon tea with Tiffany and CO silver.
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The music room, another entertaining space, contains the scanned scan of original wallpaper from 1908.
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This reception room was used to lubricate with family and close friends. Martha Young also organized card games twice a week.
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The Locust Grove Library was decorated in the Italian Gothic style and I loved 75 teapot collections over the shelves.
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On the second floor there were three families bedrooms and three guests' bedrooms, one of which included a dollhouse made by Uncle's daughter Annette in 1895.
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The spacious primary tower bedroom, the largest bedroom of the home, overlooked Hudson and the portraits of small children above the bed.
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I couldn't believe how big the billiard room was. It worked as a kind of playroom where guests played on the pool table since 1895 and listened to music on the phonograph.
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Our last stop on the tour was a basement kitchen where the staff prepared a meal on a wood burning stove until it was supplemented with charcoal in 1910 and in 1920 with gas burners.
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The property between 14 bedrooms and five bathrooms was a day washing day at Locust Grove.
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Next to the laundry room, the maid's dining room was usually full of employees when writing letters, improving clothes, or other household tasks.
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After my tour, I visited the museum and galleries at the Kinnisvara Visitor Center, which featured both Morse inventory development items and some of its paintings.
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I liked getting to know Locust Grove's exciting history, touring the well -preserved interiors and taking the Hudson Valley's stunning views. I see why Morse's family wanted to come back from year to year.
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