Celebrating Calvert Vaux: the Life and Work of a Hudson Valley Artist
The Ulster Garden Club and Friends of Historic Kingston are pleased to announce a
lecture by Sara Cedar Miller to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Calvert
Vaux. The lecture, “Celebrating Calvert Vaux: the Life and Work of a Hudson Valley Artist,” will be held on Thursday, September 26th at 2PM at Kingston City Hall.
lecture by Sara Cedar Miller to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Calvert
Vaux. The lecture, “Celebrating Calvert Vaux: the Life and Work of a Hudson Valley Artist,” will be held on Thursday, September 26th at 2PM at Kingston City Hall.
Calvert Vaux (1824 – 1895) was an architect and landscape designer, perhaps best
known as the co-designer, with Frederic Law Olmsted, of Central Park in Manhattan
and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. In addition to his many other remarkable achievements,
Vaux’s work has had a lasting influence on the Hudson Valley. He designed Downing
Park in Newburgh and worked with renowned Hudson River School painter, Frederic
Church on the design of Church’s home “Olana”. Vaux was married to Mary McEntee,
a Kingston resident and sister of Jervis McEntee, a Hudson River painter. He designed
multiple buildings in Kingston and is buried at Kingston’s Montrepose Cemetery.
known as the co-designer, with Frederic Law Olmsted, of Central Park in Manhattan
and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. In addition to his many other remarkable achievements,
Vaux’s work has had a lasting influence on the Hudson Valley. He designed Downing
Park in Newburgh and worked with renowned Hudson River School painter, Frederic
Church on the design of Church’s home “Olana”. Vaux was married to Mary McEntee,
a Kingston resident and sister of Jervis McEntee, a Hudson River painter. He designed
multiple buildings in Kingston and is buried at Kingston’s Montrepose Cemetery.
Sara Cedar Miller has been the historian emerita of the Central Park Conservancy
since 2017. She was the Conservancy photographer from 1984 and also its historian
from 1989 to 2017. Miller is the author of Central Park: an American Masterpiece
(2003), Strawberry Fields, Central Park’s Memorial to John Lennon (2011), Seeing
Central Park: The Official Guidebook (2021), and Before Central Park (2022).
since 2017. She was the Conservancy photographer from 1984 and also its historian
from 1989 to 2017. Miller is the author of Central Park: an American Masterpiece
(2003), Strawberry Fields, Central Park’s Memorial to John Lennon (2011), Seeing
Central Park: The Official Guidebook (2021), and Before Central Park (2022).
The Ulster Garden Club has been active in the fields of horticulture, conservation and
civic improvement since 1914. Their community projects include: maintaining the
formal boxwood garden at the Senate House Historic Site, funding scholarships and an
annual horticulture lecture series at SUNY Ulster, creation of the Memorial Tree Fund
which is dedicated to planting and caring for public trees throughout Ulster County.
For more information: www.ulstergardenclub.com
civic improvement since 1914. Their community projects include: maintaining the
formal boxwood garden at the Senate House Historic Site, funding scholarships and an
annual horticulture lecture series at SUNY Ulster, creation of the Memorial Tree Fund
which is dedicated to planting and caring for public trees throughout Ulster County.
For more information: www.ulstergardenclub.com
Friends of Historic Kingston has been a leading advocate for the protection and
preservation of our city’s unique architectural, historical and cultural legacy for five
decades. They administer two museums and provide a multitude of educational
programming including tours, lectures and publications.
For more information: www.friendsofhistorickingston.org
preservation of our city’s unique architectural, historical and cultural legacy for five
decades. They administer two museums and provide a multitude of educational
programming including tours, lectures and publications.
For more information: www.friendsofhistorickingston.org
