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Rokeby, also known as La Bergerie, is a historic estate and federally recognized historic district located at Barrytown in Dutchess County, New York. It includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing structures. ==History== The original section of the main house was built 1811–1815. It started as a rectangular, 2-story structure with a hipped roof topped by a square, pyramidal-roofed cupola. It features a Palladian window. A -story addition constructed of fieldstone was built about 1816. The property was subsequently acquired by William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1795–1875), who enlarged the house in the mid-19th century, in brick with brownstone trim, with a semi-octagonal tower on the west side, a north wing, and a third floor throughout the building. The last major addition occurred in 1895 when Stanford White enlarged the west drawing room.〔Penelope Green, (Who Lives There: The House Inherited Them ), ''The New York Times'', July 21, 2010〕 The landscaping was improved about 1840 and in 1911 by the Olmsted Brothers. The property also includes a pair of clapboarded wood-frame barns, additional stables (built about 1850 and destroyed by fire), greenhouse (converted to a garage in 1910, then to a residence in 1965), the square brick gardener's cottage, and a -story gatehouse. Additionally, there is a brick stable designed by McKim, Mead & White, and a private docking facility.〔 ''See also:'' 〕 In 2013, former resident and Astor heiress Alexandra Alrich published ''The Astor Orphan'', a memoir set at Rokeby.〔(The Astor Orphan: A Memoir ), ''Publishers Weekly'', 12/24/2012〕 The house is currently the home to various artists and writers, including Processional Arts Workshop.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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