Great Hall of Van Rensselaer Manor House
- Address: Gallery 752 of The Met
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1769/00/00 | Stephen Van Rensselaer II | Home | Van Rensselaer Manor is built for Stephen Van Rensselaer II on the outskirts of Albany, 1765 to 1769 | |||
1790/00/00 | Stephen Van Rensselaer III | Home | Stephen Van Rensselaer III inherits Van Rensselaer Manor | |||
1806/09/09 | William Paterson (judge) | Died | On his way to the spa at Ballston Springs, William Paterson dies from the lingering effects of a coach accident suffered in 1803 while on circuit court duty in New Jersey at the Van Rensselaer Manor home of his daughter, Cornelia, and son-in-law, Stephen. | |||
1823/01/24 | Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer | Born | Cornelia Van Rensselaer is born at the Van Rensselaer Manor | |||
1840/00/00 | Stephen Van Rensselaer IV | Home | In the 1840s, Van Rensselaer Manor is remodeled by Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, his till his death in 1868 | |||
1846/06/10 | Nathaniel Thayer Jr | Groom | Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer marries Nathaniel Thayer Jr in Albany, New York. | Marriage of Cornelia Van Rensselaer and Nathaniel Thayer | ||
1846/06/10 | Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer | Bride | Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer marries Nathaniel Thayer Jr in Albany, New York. | Marriage of Cornelia Van Rensselaer and Nathaniel Thayer | ||
1853/02/02 | Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend | Architect | Justine Van Rensselaer marries Howard Townsend at the Manor House, Albany | |||
1870/00/00 | The Manor is abandoned by a Van Rensselaer family sometime in the 1870s | |||||
1893/00/00 | Van Rensselaers are unsuccessful in having The Manor used as the New York State Building for the Columbian Exposition. | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | ||||
1973/00/00 | Van Rensselaer Manor is take down and partly rebuilt on the campus of Williams College in Massachusetts. It was finally demolished in 1973. |
Particulars for Great Hall of Van Rensselaer Manor House: | |
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Disposition | Architectural Remnant |
Area of Design | Decorative Arts |
Sight Category | Object |
Artistic Movement | Rococo |
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