Saturday, Oct 4th , 2025
11:00 am
$50 for Friends of Clermont Members; $100 for non-members.
Edgewater Estate
High St.
Staatsburg, NY 12580
(518) 537-4240
Here is a chance to tour Edgewater, the riverfront estate once owned by Gore Vidal.
Edgewater was built in about 1824 for John R. Livingston as a present to his daughter Margaretta on the occasion of her marriage to Captain Rawlins Lowndes Brown of Charleston, South Carolina. In 1853, Edgewater was purchased by Robert Donaldson, a North Carolina native who moved to New York to pursue a career in business. Donaldson enlarged the house the following year with an octagonal library after designs by Alexander Jackson Davis.
There are two tour times to choose from, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. Each includes a tour of the interior of the home with time to explore the expansive ornamental grounds. Parking is outside of the gates with approximately a quarter-mile walk to the house. Shuttle transportation is available.
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