Bayard Cutting Arboretum

  • HRHP Name: Bayard Cutting Estate
  • Also Known As: Westbrook

  • Hours: April October: Tuesday Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm, November March: Tuesday Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm, Closed Monday Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years
  • Phone: 631.581.1002
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Available for private functions

The Bayard Cutting Arboretum is a New York State Park on the Connecticut River with century old trees and a Manor House. The Arboretum provides an oasis of beauty and quiet for the pleasure, rest and refreshment of those who delight in outdoor beauty, but it does not allow sports or such activities as biking, games or picnicking. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1886/00/00 Charles C Haight Architect Charles C Haight designs Westbrook Manor house for William Bayard Cutting
1886/00/00 William Bayard Cutting Home Charles C Haight designs Westbrook Manor house for William Bayard Cutting
1887/00/00 William Bayard Cutting Environmentalist William Cutting begins planting his conifer collection based on plans by the landscape architectural firm of Frederick Law Olmstead
1887/00/00 Charles Sprague Sargent Supervisor William Cutting begins planting his conifer collection based on plans by the landscape architectural firm of Frederick Law Olmstead
1887/00/00 Frederick Law Olmsted Sr Architect William Cutting begins planting his conifer collection based on plans by the landscape architectural firm of Frederick Law Olmstead
1889/09/00 Isaac H Green Jr Architect Isaac H Green Jr designs the Tudor style, thatch-roofed gate house for Cutter Estate

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Particulars for Bayard Cutting Arboretum:
Historic Use Agricultural outbuildings
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Landscape Architecture Botanical Gardens
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State
Architectural Style Tudor Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 2nd October 1973

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Cutting, Bayard, Estate
Registry Address: N of Great River on NY 27
Registry Number: 73001271
Resource Type: District
Owner: State
Architect: Haight,Charles; Olmsted,Frederick Law
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Tudor
Area in Acres: 750
Contributing Buildings: 12
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Historic Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Agricultural outbuildings
Current Function: Vacant, not in use, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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