Steen Valetje
- Also Known As: Atalanta Estate
- Address: 89 Eden Knoll
- Vicinity: Off River Rd, N of NY 199
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1848/00/00 | William Backhouse Astor Sr | Father of the bride | William B Astor gives 95-acres of the southernmost portion of his estate, Rokeby, as a wedding present to his daughter Laura E Astor and her husband Franklin H Delano. Mr Astor will give 5 more acres after the mansion is completed. | |||
| 1849/00/00 | Franklin H Delano | Home | Construction begins on a large, brick, Tuscan-style mansion with its square tower for Franklin and Laura Astor. The Astors live at they lived at Laura's childhood home in New York, the Astor House on Lafayette Place | |||
| 1849/00/00 | Hans Jacob Ehlers | Landscape Architect | The Delanos hire Hans Jacob Ehlers to design the landscaped gardens at "Steen Valetje". | |||
| 1850/00/00 | Laura Astor Delano | Home | Steen Valetje is completed for Franklin and Laura Astor. The old iron gates, estate walls, and the park landscape remain for this era. | |||
| 1873/00/00 | Henry Astor III conveys 142-acres next to Steen Valetje to his sister, Laura Delano. | |||||
| 1875/00/00 | Franklin H Delano | Home | Franklin Delano buys the 254-acre Feller-Benner farm, immediately to its south of Steen Valetje. The Delanos raise prized Norwegian ponies and Aberdeen Angus cattle. | Aberdeen Angus Beef | ||
| 1883/00/00 | Laura Astor Delano | Home | After Franklin's death at Monte Carlo, Laura stays in Europe and gives Steen Valetje to her nephew, Warren Delano IV, President of the Delano Coal Company. | |||
| 1884/00/00 | Jean Walters Delano | Home | Warren Delano IV and his wife Jennie Walters Delano move into Steen Valetje. | |||
| 1884/00/00 | Warren Delano IV | Home | Warren Delano make a home at Steen Valetje where he breeds horses. | |||
| 1906/00/00 | Warren Delano IV | Breeder | Warren Delano imports a stallion and six mares of the Fjord horse breed from the mountainous regions of western Norway. | |||
| 1920/10/00 | Warren's eldest surviving son, Lyman Delano, inherits Steen Valetje. Lyman, living here with his wife Leila Burnett, has the residence remolded in the Georgian revival style and renames it "Mandara". | |||||
| 1949/00/00 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Visitor | Eleanor Roosevelt visits Lyman Delano's widow. Steen Valetje "has more real charm and sense of being a house where people have lived ... than some houses where you have a feeling that a perfectly impersonal decorator was called in to hang the curtains" ER | |||
| 1967/00/00 | A year after the death of Leila Delano, Mandara is bought by financier William Stix Wasserman who's remodel of the estate includes removing three brick towers and the wooden verandahs. |
| Particulars for Steen Valetje: | |
|---|---|
| Historic Use | Animal facility |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Animal | Horse |
| Building Type | Mansion |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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