Rose Hill Estate, Tivoli

Name/Title

Rose Hill Estate, Tivoli

Entry/Object ID

2015.008.041

Description

Rose Hill, Tivoli. Caption in 'A Brief History of Red Hook' reads: J.W. Watts DePeyster completed this villa in Tivoli in 1860. It became the Leake and Watts Orphanage and farm in 1908. In 1953 it was bought as a retreat for Catholic Workers by Dorothy Day, the 20th century pacifist and advocate for the poor, who is being considered for canonization.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Property

Rose Hill Estate

Village

Tivoli

Collection

Red Hook Historic Houses Photo Collection