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National Historic Landmark Roseland Cottage epitomizes the Gothic Revival style inside and out. Take a private tour led by Site Manager Laurie Masciandaro. The estate includes a historic boxwood parterre garden and the nation's oldest surviving bowling alley. Henry Bowen, builder of Roseland, entertained four United States presidents at the cottage, beginning with U.S. Grant. Built in 1846 in the newly fashionable Gothic Revival style, Roseland Cottage was the summer home of Henry and Lucy Bowen and their young family. Prominently situated across from the town common, Roseland Cottage epitomizes Gothic Revival architecture, with its steep gables, decorative bargeboards, and ornamented chimney pots. The interior of Roseland Cottage is equally colorful, and features elaborate wall coverings, heavily patterned carpets, and stained glass, much of which survives unchanged from the Victorian era. Henry Bowen was a Woodstock native who returned to his hometown after establishing a successful business in New York City. While Lucy Bowen enjoyed summers away from the city, her husband used Roseland Cottage as a place to entertain friends and political connections, including four United States presidents. Roseland Cottage's picturesque landscape includes original boxwood-edged parterre gardens planted in the 1850s. The estate includes an icehouse, aviary, carriage barn, and the nationâÂ?Â?s oldest surviving indoor bowling alley. The entire complex of house, furnishings, outbuildings, and landscape reflects the principles of Andrew Jackson Downing, a leading nineteenth-century tastemaker.

Item Special Note

Original furnishings, elaborate lincrusta wall coverings, stained glass. The tour will be scheduled at the mutual convenience of the purchaser and the host organization.

The successful bidder will receive a written confirmation and/or certificate of purchase.

Terms and Conditions:
* Certificate expires one year after date issued
* Certificate must be used on a single day only
* Certificate cannot be combined with any other certificate, gift cards, offers, or packages
* Certificate will not be replaced if lost or stolen
* Certificate has no cash value
* Certificate needs to be surrendered at the time of the visit