The front facade of Kykuit taken in August.

Photo credit: Bryan Haeffele

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A family picnicking on the lawn at Washington Irving's Sunnyside. Picnicking is permitted anywhere on the property.

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Washington Irving's Sunnyside. Visitors at the door of the cottage pause to admire the wisteria in bloom. This wisteria was planted by Washington Irving in the mid 19th century. At that time, wisteria was considered exotic and foreign.

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Washington Irving's Sunnyside. Washington Irving's study with his desk, a gift from publisher George Putnam. A cosutmed interpreter portrays Mr. Irving.

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Aerial view of Washington Irving's Sunnyside along the Hudson River. The Tappan Zee Bridge is in the background.

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Washington Irving's Sunnyside. Entrance (south) front. The house is covered by wisteria, planted by Irving.

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Portrait of Washington Irving, 1809, by John Wesley Jarvis (1783-1840). Irving owned this portrait, which hung at Sunnyside during his lifetime. Collection of Historic Hudson Valley.

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Washington Irving's Sunnyside. View of the west side of the house, showing the piazza which overlooks the Hudson River just a few feet away.

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Washington Irving's Sunnyside. "Sunnyside with Picnickers," 1878, by John Henry Hill (1839-1922). Watercolor on paper. Gift in memory of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. by her children.

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Washington Irving's Sunnyside. View of Washington Irving's study. The oak desk was presented to Irving by his publisher, G.P. Putnam, in 1856.

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