Talk:Wheeler Hill Historic District

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The Wheeler Hill Historic District is a residential area along the Hudson River in the town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York. The Wheeler Hill Historic District is characterized by picturesque, winding country roads delineated by dry-laid stone walls and mature trees. Set on the first ridge above the Hudson River's eastern shoreline, the Wheeler Hill Historic District's rolling topography pitches steeply down to the water. The natural terrace above the slope provided an attractive location for building, with panoramic views of the Hudson River and mountains beyond, and six large estates were established here in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The residential architecture of these estates includes notable examples of a wide range of nineteenth century styles, and a majority of the estates retain their original landholdings and support facilities. The Wheeler Hill Historic District also includes two eighteenth-century buildings that were part of the earlier river-front commercial development in this area. The Wheeler Hill Historic District includes forty-nine contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and fifteen contributing sites. The non-contributing elements in the 320-acre district include twelve modern buildings, some on estate grounds and some on subdivided lots. -Article

The Wheeler Hill Historic District is a residential area along the Hudson River in the town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York. The Wheeler Hill Historic District is characterized by picturesque, winding country roads delineated by dry-laid stone walls and mature trees. Set on the first ridge above the Hudson River's eastern shoreline, the Wheeler Hill Historic District's rolling topography pitches steeply down to the water. The natural terrace above the slope provided an attractive location for building, with panoramic views of the Hudson River and mountains beyond, and six large estates were established here in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The residential architecture of these estates includes notable examples of a wide range of nineteenth century styles, and a majority of the estates retain their original landholdings and support facilities. The Wheeler Hill Historic District also includes two eighteenth-century buildings that were part of the earlier river-front commercial development in this area. The Wheeler Hill Historic District includes forty-nine contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and fifteen contributing sites. The non-contributing elements in the 320-acre district include twelve modern buildings, some on estate grounds and some on subdivided lots. -from "Living Places", copyright The Gombach Group ...removed Mannanan51 (talk) 23:10, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

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"The site was built to be a contemporary public Chapel as 'a sanctuary for spiritual renewal through contemplation of transformative art'. On September 12, 2008, after a lengthy search for a permanent site, The Foundation for the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors purchased the forty-acre former interfaith center on the Hudson River 65 miles north of New York City in the Wheeler Hill Historic District in Wappinger, N.Y. . In November 2008, CoSM was recognized as providing an extraordinary environment for contemplation, and as a center for encouraging the creative spirit, and was granted Church status with a permanent 501(c)(3). Alex and Allyson Grey live permanently on the grounds, which also house the 10,000-square-foot mansion (known as the Grey House) with an artist gallery, bed & breakfast, café and gift-shop." 1.) it belongs on the CoSM page; 2.) this reads like an advertisement, which Wikipedia is not. Mannanan51 (talk) 04:15, 4 February 2015 (UTC)