12/20/05

 Photos taken August 22 and 23, 2005

  Rose Hill Mansion

A particularly lovely Greek Revival mansion along the eastern shore of Lake Seneca, Rose Hill, built in 1839, is restored and open to the public. The tours are inexpensive and well worth the time.

The building is wood, made to look like stone and marble. Even the columns are wooden. The back has been modified from its original appearance, and has one of the loveliest covered patios we have ever seen. The mansion is restored and magnificently furnished. The history of the families who owned and developed the land is as interesting as the building itself.

Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion
 

In Canandaigua, at the head of Lake Canandaigua, is this spectacular estate, inside the city itself. Take time to wander around the various gardens as well as the house.

There is a wine-tasting cellar also, featuring New York State wines and "Abundance," a stunning Arts-and-Crafts stained-glass piece.

If you look closely, you can see Craig sitting on a rock in the Japanese garden.. These are only some of the gardens.

The wallpaper in the green bedroom is unbelievably beautiful.
I love William Morris designs.


 

This old carved chair is in the Great Hall downstairs, which is furnished like an English manor house of the sixteenth or seventeenth century.

Allow at least two to three hours if you visit. We found a very nice pub-style restaurant near the waterfront in Canandaigua, with excellent beers and food.
Can't remember its name.

Here is the Cheshire Inn, the bed and breakfast we stayed at.

At Seneca Falls we visited the National Park site where the famous Women's Rights convention was held in 1848, then drove to the great locks that were constructed to overcome the falls and rapids in the Seneca River. The town developed when industries were built to take advantage of the waterpower of the rapids.

The locks operate today even for a single little boat, as you can see on the left.  

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