Choate House (New York)
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There is a Choate House in Massachusetts
, formerly owned by the same Choate family.
Choate House was built in 1867 by shoe manufacturer Samuel Baker
in what is now Pleasantville, New York
. It later became the residence of Dr. George C.S. Choate
. Choate added a wing as a private sanitarium
to accommodate patients being treated for mental and nervous disorders. Horace Greeley
died in Choate house on November 29, 1872.
After the death of Dr. Choate in 1896 and the closure of the sanitarium ten years later, Dr. Choate's widow had the wing built by her husband moved down the hill to its present location closer to Bedford Road. Her intention was to occupy the house while turning over her original home to her newly married son as a wedding gift. The job of detaching and moving the wing from the original home began on New Year’s Day 1909 and took six or seven months. The building was pulled on logs by teams of horses, inched along past the pond, avoiding the old trees which Mrs. Choate, who wanted to preserve the natural landscape, did not want disturbed.
Mrs. Choate lived in the wing at its new location until her death, aged 95, in 1926. Over the years it had three more private owners; banker Dunham B. Scherer; advertising executive Lewis H. Titterton, and eventually Wayne C. Marks an alumnus and trustee of Pace College, now known as Pace University
.
In 1962, Mr. Marks presented his alma mater with an extraordinary gift of giving his estate to Pace, which led to the first property that Pace
purchased to expand in Westchester County, New York
. This house today is known as "Marks Hall", the wing that was separated from Choate House.
Eventually, the original house (Choate House) also became part of the campus. In order for Pace to buy and use the land, an agreement was made with the Choate family to maintain the house in its original state and retain its original pink color. To this day, if one passes the Taconic Parkway toward the Pleasantville
exit, one can see the pink house known as Choate House.
Choate House today houses the campus office of the president of Pace University, as well as one of the University's art galleries and offices of the University's Dyson College of Arts & Sciences.
Choate House (Massachusetts)
There is a Choate House located in New York, formerly owned by the same Choate family.Choate House is a historic house on Choate Island in the Crane Wildlife Refuge, Essex, Massachusetts, owned and administered by the nonprofit Trustees of Reservations....
, formerly owned by the same Choate family.
Choate House was built in 1867 by shoe manufacturer Samuel Baker
Samuel Baker
Sir Samuel White Baker, KCB, FRS, FRGS was a British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin between Apr....
in what is now Pleasantville, New York
Pleasantville, New York
Pleasantville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 7,019 at the 2010 census. It is located in the town of Mount Pleasant. Pleasantville is home to a campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center...
. It later became the residence of Dr. George C.S. Choate
George C. S. Choate
George Cheyne Shattuck Choate was a physician and the founder of a psychiatric sanatorium.-Biography:He was born at Salem, Massachusetts on March 30, 1827, to Margaret Manning Hodges and George Choate....
. Choate added a wing as a private sanitarium
Sanatorium
A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
to accommodate patients being treated for mental and nervous disorders. Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery...
died in Choate house on November 29, 1872.
After the death of Dr. Choate in 1896 and the closure of the sanitarium ten years later, Dr. Choate's widow had the wing built by her husband moved down the hill to its present location closer to Bedford Road. Her intention was to occupy the house while turning over her original home to her newly married son as a wedding gift. The job of detaching and moving the wing from the original home began on New Year’s Day 1909 and took six or seven months. The building was pulled on logs by teams of horses, inched along past the pond, avoiding the old trees which Mrs. Choate, who wanted to preserve the natural landscape, did not want disturbed.
Mrs. Choate lived in the wing at its new location until her death, aged 95, in 1926. Over the years it had three more private owners; banker Dunham B. Scherer; advertising executive Lewis H. Titterton, and eventually Wayne C. Marks an alumnus and trustee of Pace College, now known as Pace University
Pace University
Pace University is an American private, co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York.-Programs:...
.
In 1962, Mr. Marks presented his alma mater with an extraordinary gift of giving his estate to Pace, which led to the first property that Pace
Pace University
Pace University is an American private, co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York.-Programs:...
purchased to expand in Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
. This house today is known as "Marks Hall", the wing that was separated from Choate House.
Eventually, the original house (Choate House) also became part of the campus. In order for Pace to buy and use the land, an agreement was made with the Choate family to maintain the house in its original state and retain its original pink color. To this day, if one passes the Taconic Parkway toward the Pleasantville
Pleasantville, New York
Pleasantville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 7,019 at the 2010 census. It is located in the town of Mount Pleasant. Pleasantville is home to a campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center...
exit, one can see the pink house known as Choate House.
Choate House today houses the campus office of the president of Pace University, as well as one of the University's art galleries and offices of the University's Dyson College of Arts & Sciences.
External Links
- http://appserv.pace.edu/emplibrary/PLPic3.jpg Choate House today.
- http://www.schooldesigns.com/ResultsDetail.asp?id=1243 Marks Hall today
