ferncliffe-on-the-hudson

Updated: May 25, 2025

At Ferncliffe-on-the-Hudson John Jacob Astor has an estate of two thousand acres. This country palace, built in chaste Italian architecture, is fitted with every convenience and luxury. John Jacob Astor's cousin, William Waldorf, some years since expatriated himself from his native country and became a British subject.

Myers Gustavus - History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I: Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times