Sunday, July 8, 2012

"Glenclyffe" The Stuyvesant Fish Estate, Garrison


In 1861 Governor Hamilton Fish bought a large plot of land in Garrison New York and constructed a large imposing estate at a cost of $30,000 for him and his family. The home, which he named "Glenclyffe", was considerably large for $30,000 and had 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 servant's rooms, a library, drawing room, dining room, billiard room, den, morning room and a boudoir. The property had a large green house, stables, expansive gardens, gate house and spectacular views of the Hudson.

       Hamilton Fish Was Governor of New York, US Senator and Secretary of State Under Grant

After leaving the Grant Cabinet, Fish settled down at "Glenclyffe" until his death in 1893, afterward it passed to his son Stuyvesant Fish and his wife Marion "Mamie". Mamie felt that she could not live in such a small home (almost 16,000 square ft was what she considered small), so Mamie had a large addition built to the left of the house that doubled the size of the original house making it a total of 32,000 square ft. The new addition included a new kitchen, service pantry, servant's rooms, expanded dining room, sun room and morning room. Mamie also had the back of the house expanded so she could expand the drawing room and stair hall. Where the old kitchen and servants rooms were Mamie had constructed a large ballroom with decorative oak paneling. Every single room except the library was redone and the den was moved upstairs. The new home now had 15 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 15 servant's rooms and stables able to accommodate 25 carriages.  

                                   Mrs. Fish Was a Very Eccentric And Rambunctious Lady

The Fish stayed at "Glenclyffe" during the autumn and spring seasons when society would be either in Europe or in the country. It was then when Mamie would give her weekend house parties, normally inviting 20 guests to stay at "Glenclyffe" for the weekend. During the autumn she would give halloween parties in the house where her own guests and neighbors danced in the ballroom and the servants and their guests danced in the stables. Guests marveled at the elegant but very comfortable interior of "Glenclyffe", perhaps the most luxurious room in the house was Mrs. Fish's bedroom.


                                Mrs. Fish's Bedroom Was Done In Several Mixtures of Pink

It was in this room that Mrs. Fish died in 1915. Mr. Fish continued to occupy "Glenclyffe" along with the couples two other homes until his death in 1923. "Glenclyffe" was later bought by the Garrison Institute which altered it greatly. When one looks at the home as it is now it is almost completely unrecognizable except for the small entrance and window above that was on the original property.












29 comments:

  1. Minor point, but the Garrison Institute didn't actually do anything with the old Glenclyffe mansion. It had already been enlarged and remodeled during the time it was owned by the Catholic Archdioces and used as a convent. The G.I. has never changed or used the building at all.

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    1. It was not a convent, it was a Seminary of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars.

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  2. No, the Garrison Institute was a Capuchin monastery; the Hamilton Fish house was a convent.

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  3. Yes, this is correct. The GI was the Capuchin Monastery for the Franciscan Friars. The Fish Mansion was a convent and a schoolhouse. The classrooms and blackboards are still intact.

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    1. Get the facts straight Glencliff was a minor Seminary for the Capuchin friars, which I attended from 1963 to 1967, until the 1970s at which time it became a convent for sisters

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  4. For the sake of correctness. The Hamilton Fish Estate was bought by the Capuchin Friars and was used as the minor seminary (where I attended school). In the 1970s the minor seminary closed and it did become a convent then. The Garrison Institute was the Capuchin Friary of Mary Immaculate, the major seminary for the Capuchins where I also attended school and was on the other side of the property.

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    1. see my post below...

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    2. Spent my childhood there. Every holiday. I learned how to ride a bike on the roads around.4th of July at the observation hut by river. Brother went there 72-74.I was just there. 😥 sad. They are letting it crumble

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  5. 'Anonymous' is exactly right, as I also was a seminarian there.

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    1. see my post below...

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    2. The Fish Mansion, purchased by the Capuchins was a minor seminary from the 50’s to ‘70. It was a high school, with about 60 students. I attended this boarding seminary school for all of my high school years.
      The Garrison Institute had nothing ever to do with the Fish Mansion. The Garrison Institution purchased the modern building built by the Capuchins in the early sixties. This completely different building housed the Capuchin (cloistered) monastery and post graduate studies classrooms.

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  6. My name is Bill Popp. I also attended the seminary here in the late 60's. It was called St. Mary's, and run by the Capuchins. Tuition was free and the whole school consisted of approximately 60 students which encompassed Freshman through Senior years of high school. Classes were conducted in the Fish mansion, as well as all meals, while the "new" dormitory for sleeping was a short walk. I visited here a few years back and was dismayed by the poor condition of the house. I have a lot of great memories of this place, but there is little info to find about this era of the estate. If anyone is interested in contacting me, my email address is william.g.popp@gmail.com

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