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381: 575: 408:, which he planned to develop and then give to the city – this eventually became Fort Tryon Park. He intended to tear down Tryon Hall but was held back by popular sentiment. During World War I, he offered use of the house to the US Government as a hospital, and was prepared to outlay $ 500,000 for the conversion, but this did not happen. There was also some discussion about it being used as the mayor's official residence, or using it as the site of a museum. The mansion was later rented to drug manufacturer Nicolas C. Partos of the Partola Manufacturing Company, at first for the summer of 1918, but then for several years. Partos and his family were still in residence when the building burned down on March 7, 1926. 266:. The ballroom was decorated to look like an English country estate, complete with imitation brooks. The floor was covered with turf. Billings and his guests ate mounted in a circle on 32 docile horses that were rented from nearby riding academies and brought to the fourth-floor ballroom via the freight elevator; specially built silver trays were attached to their saddles and diners drank through rubber tubes connected to iced bottles of champagne in their saddlebags. The waiters, one for each diner, served the numerous courses dressed as grooms at a 646:
of intimate friends that he best-loved ... He was the loyalest of friends and when he had once given his good will to a man it was never withdrawn unless it had been abused. His benefactions and gifts were boundless and in them, he took the greatest pleasure. In all social relations he was the reverse of pompous, arrogant or domineering, was democratic and genial and, that rarest of all things—always the same admirable and wonderful character in every spot and place, at all times and seasons and under all circumstances.
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Another remnant is a gardener's cottage, originally a gatehouse for the estate's upper entrance, now used for park offices. The gateposts of the driveway entrance were refurbished in 2017. The driveway no longer connects to the roadway that was once Riverside Drive and is now the northbound side of the
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designed the grounds. Billings called it "Tryon Hall" after Fort Tryon, which had been located there and was named for Sir William Tryon, the last Governor of the English colony of New York. The mansion stood on one of the highest points in Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson River to the west and the
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Personally Mr. Billings was a man of retiring, modest, nature, who shunned the limelight except when driving or riding one of his horses upon the race course, always dressed very quietly, and in every way made himself as inconspicuous as possible. He was happiest when surrounded by the small circle
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style, with the extensive grounds landscaped by Andrew Robeson Sargent of Boston. Despite the Georgian style of the house, it was designed around a central patio in the manner of an Italian villa. The house had 11 master bedrooms with 9 baths and 19 servants' bedrooms with 4 baths. The appointments
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After being in bad health for ten years, Billings was reported to be seriously ill on May 3, 1937, and he died from pneumonia on his estate at Billings Park, near Santa Barbara, on May 6. At the time of his death, he was still the chairman of the board of the Union Carbide Carbon Company, and was
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The entire driveway project took more than a hundred workers a year to complete, at the cost of $ 250,000, and raised the overall cost of the estate to more than $ 2 million. The Billings Arcade remains as part of Fort Tryon Park, as does part of the driveway, now used as a pedestrian path.
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to Fort Washington Road, but the upper part of Riverside Drive was completed at about the same time as Billings' mansion, and he wanted a driveway connecting the mansion directly to that section of the roadway. Unfortunately, there was a steep 100-foot (30 m) cliff between the road and the
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to find a solution, which they did: granite was removed from the cliff to allow a passage for a zig-zagging driveway, and the stone was then used both as a retaining wall and for the construction of an arched viaduct that supported the driveway. The arched passage became known as the "Billings
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Two days later, Billings officially opened his new stable with a luncheon for members of the Equestrian Club and other wealthy horsemen and dignitaries from around the country. Some rode there on horseback, but most traveled by elevated train to the 155th Street station located at the Harlem
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Billings wished to celebrate the completion of his trotting stable, and his selection to be the head of the New York Equestrian Club, by giving a dinner for 36 of his male horse-riding friends in the stable on March 29, 1903. He engaged the noted restaurateur
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Despite its grandeur, Billings did not stay in Farnsworth any longer than he had in Tryon Hall. With World War 1 raging and his health failing, he began to sell off his East Coast properties in preparation for moving to California.
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Broadway Valley to the east, and had an observatory tower topped by an octagonal room with a 360-degree unobstructed view. The mansion stood 250 feet (76 m) above the Hudson and encompassed 25,000 square feet (2,300 m).
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to cater the event, but then to avoid reporters who staked out the estate after news of the dinner had spread, changed the venue at Sherry's suggestion to the grand ballroom of Sherry's restaurant at Fifth Avenue and
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Arcade". At the entrance to the driveway were gates 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, supported by 16-foot (4.9 m) granite pillars, which are still extant and were renovated in 2020.
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described as "one of America's wealthiest men" and "Santa Barbara's wealthiest and most philanthropic citizen". His funeral was held in Santa Barbara on May 8, and he was buried in
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After moving to California in 1917, Billings maintained ownership of "Farnsworth" on Long Island, where he kept some of his horses. Others were kept at the Glenville Race Track in
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During his years in Chicago, Billings was the founder and a charter member of the Chicago Athletic Club and served on the West Park Commission and on the board of the 1893
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In 1901, at the age of 40, Billings, who had inherited a controlling interest in Peoples Gas but had retired from the day-to-day running of the company, moved to
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for entertaining, as well as Billings' extensive stables and an area to exercise his horses. In the nearby Hudson, Billings kept his 249-foot (76 m) yacht,
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By 1907, Billings, his wife, two children, and 23 servants had moved there from their Manhattan townhouse. The estate included a casino with a swimming pool,
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After leaving Tryon Hall, Billings moved to another grand estate he had built, this one called "Farnsworth" for his mother's family and located in
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Near the stable was a 14-room 100-by-50-foot (30 by 15 m) lodge for guests, which featured an 80-foot (24 m)-tall observation tower.
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Fort Tryon Hall: The Residence of C. K. G. Billings, Esq.: A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue Issued Privately by the Owner
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Billings owned 75 racing or trotting horses. He later owned an extensive estate in Upper Manhattan, on the site of what is now
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for $ 401,300. In 1928 he realized $ 4 million for the sale of the Johnson Building, located on Exchange Street from
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The $ 50,000 bill for the dinner (equivalent to $ 1,700,000 in 2023) included the cost of a photographer from the
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The entrance to the 25-acre (10 ha) estate was originally at the top of the hill, approached via
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In November 1905, just two years after his stable was completed, Billings sold his stock of horses at
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Famous Masterpieces of the French, Dutch, and English Schools: The Collection of C. K. G. Billings
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Billings arcade and drive as seen from Billings Drive northbound lane to Fort Tryon Park
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in Chicago in his memory. They also had a daughter, who married Halstead Van der Poel.
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were expensive and luxurious; the estate buildings alone cost $ 1,550,000 in 1915.
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The Billings family had already moved into a 21-room apartment on Fifth Avenue and
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The CKG Billings Amateur Driving Series, a trotting event, is named for Billings.
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At various times, Billings also owned a 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) estate on the
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in the nearby waters. In June 1915 the yacht accidentally rammed the steamship
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In 1903, when the stable was completed, Billings was a prominent member of the
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C.K.G. Billings with his horse Lou Dillon after winning the Webster Cup in 1903
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The Billings estate and mansion in Upper Manhattan was the setting for the
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to New Street. He was also part of a group of investors who built the
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Around 1915, Billings – a member of the Turf and Field Club at
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In 1926, Billings sold his art collection, which included works by
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Images of America: Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill
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In 1885, Billings married Blanche E. MacLeish, whose father,
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
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Speedway, and were conveyed to the stable by automobiles.
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Billings was eulogized as a modest and philanthropic man:
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In 1911, Billings became the Chairman of the Board of
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CORNELIUS KINGSLEY GARRISON BILLINGS & TRYON HALL
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Tryon Hall, the Manhattan estate of C.K.G. Billings
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Index

Billings estate (Manhattan)

Saratoga Springs, New York
Santa Barbara, California
Graceland Cemetery
trotting
Saratoga, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Racine College
Racine, Wisconsin
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Andrew MacLeish
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company
Billings Memorial Hospital
World's Columbian Exposition
Manhattan
New York City
Fifth Avenue
53rd Street
Fort Tryon Park
granary
Harlem Speedway
West 155th Street
Dyckman Street
Harlem River Drive
Jockey Club
Jamaica Race Course
Jamaica, Queens
harness racing

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