Van Cortlandt Manor Exterior / Interior
Van Cortlandt Manor. Entrance (south) front. The principal rooms are on the upper level, with the kitchen, milk room, and old parlor on the ground level.
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Van Cortlandt Manor. Tulips and other spring flowers bloom along the long walk, which connects the manor house with the tenant farm house and Ferry House.092.jpg
Van Cortlandt Manor. View of the parlor. The two portraits (1724-1725) are of Caleb and Anna Beck, relatives of the Van Cortlandt family, attributed to artist Nehemiah Partridge. This view also provides a glimpse of the outstanding collection of Chinese export porcelain in the house.vc2001-06-001.jpg
Van Cortlandt Manor. View of the parlor. The portrait, circa 1810, above the Chippendale-style sofa is of Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) by John Wesley Jarvis (1783-1840).
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Van Cortlandt Manor. View of the kitchen. This is one of the largest and best equipped Federal period kitchens in America.
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Open hearth cooking at Van Cortlandt Manor. A costumed interpreter preparing food in the kitchen of Van Cortlandt Manor.047.jpg
Van Cortlandt Manor. Federal period linen press/desk, an original Van Cortlandt family possession, acquired in 2006. New York, circa 1790. Mahagony veneer. Photo: Karen M. Sharman
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Van Cortlandt Manor. Federal period linen press/desk, an original Van Cortlandt family possession, acquired in 2006. New York, circa 1790. Mahagony veneer. Photo: Karen M. Sharman
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Van Cortlandt Manor. Federal period linen press/desk, an original Van Cortlandt family possession, acquired in 2006. New York, circa 1790. Mahagony veneer. Photo: Karen M. Sharman
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