Cornish Estate Ruins

The main house

 

 the green house   

 

 My hiking partners

 The cistern for the estate

                         A view of Rt 218 on the other side of the Hudson River

                                      The road leading down from the estate

 The main entrance where we went in. There is limited parking there but there is parking further down the road.


February 18, 2011
My daughter, April and I (along with grandpuppy Gibson) went over to Cold Spring to theruins of the Cornish Estate. I had read about this in an article in the NY Times. It was a snow covered day but the temps weren't to bad. We hiked up past the main house and then turned around after about 3 miles and went back to explore the ruins. It was amazing to see no only the house but also all the other buildings. I was also able to see what the main house used to look like "in it's day". That old picture and much of the history of the estate I found on a web site by Rob Yasinsac www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/cornish/cornish1.html.
The hike was relatively easy (or would have been if not for the snow) since the road up to the house is a concrete road. We took many photos and we would love to go back in the nice weather to see more that may have been covered up.
There is also a wonderful book, "Hiking the Road to Ruins" by David A. Steinberg that is very helpful.