Olana (estate and landscape design)

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National Historic Landmark New York State Historic Site Persian-inspired villa artist’s estate historic house museum landscape garden

Olana is a 19th-century Persian-inspired villa and designed landscape in Hudson, New York, created by Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church as his home and artistic masterpiece.

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Olana 0
Olana (his Persian-inspired home and studio) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark ⓘ
New York State Historic Site ⓘ
Persian-inspired villa ⓘ
artist’s estate ⓘ
historic house museum ⓘ
landscape garden ⓘ
architecturalStyle Persian Revival architecture ⓘ
Victorian architecture ⓘ
associatedWithArtMovement Hudson River School ⓘ
category historic estates in New York ⓘ
constructionEnd 1870s ⓘ
constructionStart 1860s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedBy Frederic Edwin Church ⓘ
hasComponent artificial lake ⓘ
carriage roads ⓘ
designed landscape ⓘ
farm complex ⓘ
main villa ⓘ
meadows ⓘ
orchards ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
hasFunction artistic masterpiece ⓘ
artist’s home ⓘ
public museum ⓘ
hasNumberOfAcres approximately 250 acres ⓘ
hasViewShedProtected true ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
New York State Historic Site ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
landscapeDesignedBy Frederic Edwin Church ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia County, New York ⓘ
Hudson, New York ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
namedAfter Armenian name for a place near ancient city of Erivan ⓘ
nearestCity Hudson, New York ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ⓘ
Olana Partnership ⓘ
overlooks Catskill Mountains ⓘ
Hudson River ⓘ
owner New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
partOf Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area ⓘ
significantFor Hudson River School landscape aesthetics ⓘ
association with Frederic Edwin Church ⓘ
integration of architecture, landscape, and painting ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
touristAttraction Hudson Valley ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederic → designed → Olana (estate and landscape design) ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederic Edwin Church
this entity surface form: Olana (his Persian-inspired home and studio)
Frederic Edwin Church → notableWork → Olana (estate and landscape design) ⓘ