Staatsburgh State Historic Site ArchitectureSaturday June 24, 11am

Staatsburg, N.Y. (6/5/23) — Buildings come in many different sizes and styles, designed for different uses and tastes. Join Staatsburgh staff for “Shaping Staatsburgh: Explore the Language of Architecture,” a 1-hour walk around the estate to examine the mansion and other estate buildings while learning the language of architecture and why buildings look the way they do. The program is designed for children ages 9-15; children must be accompanied by an adult.

“Shaping Staatsburgh” will be held on June 24 at 11 a.m.  Reservations are required and can be made at https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS.  The cost is $2 per child, accompanying adults are free; $5 per person for unaccompanied adults. 

Participants may also wish to picnic or stroll along the Hudson River or take a tour of the Gilded Age mansion.  An admission fee for the tour applies to adults; children 12 and under are free.  Reservations for the mansion tour can be made at https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS

Staatsburgh State Historic Site and the Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park are located on Old Post Road in Staatsburg, off Route 9 between Rhinebeck and Hyde Park. The historic site is one of 6 sites and 15 parks administered by the Taconic Region of New York State Office of Parks,

Recreation and Historic Preservation. For more information, call 845-889-8851, or visit Staatsburgh’s websites at Parks.NY.gov, Facebook, and Blogger. Staatsburgh’s events are listed at Parks.NY.gov/Events. 

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees more than 250 individual parks, historic sites, recreational trails, and boat launches, which were visited by a record 79.5 million people in 2022. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit parks.ny.gov, connect on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter

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