Grey Towers, Milford Pennsylvania
One of Milford's hidden treasures, Grey Towers is birthplace to the American conservation movement. A winding driveway leads you to lush natural gardens surrounding a towering bluestone mansion, reflecting the gilded area in it's most opulent.
Gifford Pinchot House - Grey Towers in Milford, PA
Gifford Pinchot was first Chief of U. S. Forest Service. Grey Towers designed by Richard Morris Hunt was built in 1886.
A Ride to Grey Towers in Milford, PA
Take a ride up to see the Grey Towers in Milford, PA. A great mansion tour with beautiful grounds to explore. It's also one of the last places John F. Kennedy was seen in public.
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Grey Towers, located in Milford, Pennsylvania, was originally the summer estate of the James Pinchot family and later the primary home of Gifford Pinchot, America’s first forester and founder of the USDA Forest Service.
Grey Towers was built in 1886 by James and Mary Pinchot as a summer retreat. It was James who first recognized the reckless destruction of natural resources that was overtaking the nation in the 19th century. James encouraged his eldest son Gifford to consider a career in forestry, thus introducing the idea of conservation to America.
Gifford Pinchot went on to establish and serve as the first Chief of the US Forest Service, and he was twice elected Governor of Pennsylvania. Between family, friends and political associates, Grey Towers was always bustling with activity and was central to advancing the Pinchots’ social, political and conservation ideals. In 1963 the Pinchot family donated Grey Towers and its surrounding 102 acres to the US Forest Service.
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Grey Towers National Historic Site | Wikipedia audio article
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Grey Towers National Historic Site
00:01:17 1 Building and grounds
00:02:28 2 History
00:02:52 2.1 James Pinchot
00:05:26 2.2 Gifford and Cornelia
00:08:03 2.3 Forest Service
00:09:42 3 Today
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Grey Towers National Historic Site, also known as Gifford Pinchot House or The Pinchot Institute, is located just off US 6 west of Milford, Pennsylvania, in Dingman Township. It is the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first director of the United States Forest Service (USFS) and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania.
The house, built in the style of a French château to reflect the Pinchot family's French origins, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt with some later work by Henry Edwards-Ficken. Situated on the hills above Milford, it overlooks the Delaware River. Pinchot grew up there and returned during the summers when his later life took him to Washington and Harrisburg. His wife Cornelia made substantial changes to the interior of the home and gardens, in collaboration with several different architects, during that time.
In 1963 his family donated it and the surrounding 102 acres (41 ha) to the Forest Service; it is the only U.S. National Historic Site managed by that agency. Three years later the Department of the Interior designated it a National Historic Landmark. Today it is open to the public for tours and hiking on its trails; it is also home to the Pinchot Institute, which carries on his work in conservation.
Tour of Grey Towers The Home of Gifford Pinchot
Slide show of Grey Towers grounds and home of Gifford Pinchot. The pictures were taken during the Festival of Wood. Grey towers is a National Historic Landmark.
Gifford Pinchot was a two time governor of Pennsylvania and the first head of the Forest Service.
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Sharing my personal photos of one of the last road trips my beloved friend Jim and I took. Things are different now, new friends have different interests but I am glad to have them to lessen the loss.
Grey Towers, located in Milford, Pennsylvania, was originally the summer estate of the James Pinchot family and later the primary home of Gifford Pinchot, America’s first forester and founder of the USDA Forest Service.
Grey Towers was built in 1886 by James and Mary Pinchot as a summer retreat. It was James who first recognized the reckless destruction of natural resources that was overtaking the nation in the 19th century. James encouraged his eldest son Gifford to consider a career in forestry, thus introducing the idea of conservation to America.
Gifford Pinchot went on to establish and serve as the first Chief of the US Forest Service, and he was twice elected Governor of Pennsylvania. Between family, friends and political associates, Grey Towers was always bustling with activity and was central to advancing the Pinchots’ social, political and conservation ideals. In 1963 the Pinchot family donated Grey Towers and its surrounding 102 acres to the US Forest Service.
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Breakfast in Milford Pennsylvania
What a sumptous meal we have together with some friends.
Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat. Its population was 1,021 at the 2010 census.[5] Located on the upper Delaware River, Milford is part of the New York metropolitan area.
The area along the Delaware River had long been settled by the Lenape, an Algonquian-speaking indigenous tribe that lived in the mid-Atlantic coastal areas, including western Long Island, and along this river at the time of European colonization. The English also called the people the Delaware, after the river they named after one of their colonial leaders.
Milford was founded in 1796 after the American Revolutionary War as a United States settlement on the Delaware River by Judge John Biddis, one of Pennsylvania's first four circuit judges. He named the settlement after his ancestral home in Wales.[6]
Milford has a large number of historical significant buildings, many constructed in the nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries. Some are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, while numerous others are included in the Milford Historic District, also listed on the NRHP. Of the 655 buildings in the district, 400 of them have been deemed to be historically significant.[7] The district is characterized by a variety of Late Victorian architecture.
Grey Towers National Historic Site, the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, the noted conservationist, two-time Governor of Pennsylvania and first head of the U.S. Forest Service, is located in Milford. It was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt has been designated a National Historic Site.
From 1904 to 1926, Grey Towers was the site of summer field study sessions for the Master's program of the Yale School of Forestry, together with the Forester's Hall, a commercial building that was adapted and expanded for this purpose.[8] Jervis Gordon Grist Mill Historic District, Hotel Fauchere and Annex, Metz Ice Plant, and Pike County Courthouse are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Nearby is Arisbe, the home of Charles S. Peirce, a prominent logician, philosopher and scientist in the late 19th century, and another NRHP property.[3]
The Pike County Historical Society Museum in Milford includes in its collection the Lincoln Flag, which was draped on President Abraham Lincoln's booth at Ford's Theatre the night he was assassinated. The flag was bundled up and placed under the President's head, and still bears his blood. It was kept by stage manager Thomas Gourlay. He passed it down to his daughter Jeannie, an actress who had appeared in the play, Our American Cousin, at the theatre that night. She later moved to Milford and the flag was donated to the museum after her death.[9]
In September 2007, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel named Milford second on its list of Ten Coolest Small Towns in Pennsylvania.[10] (Wikipedia)
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Following the American Revolution and continuing up through World War II, Pennsylvania embarked on infrastructure improvements that led to a landscape stitched together by a series of turnpikes, canals, railroads and highways; all needing bridges. Today, an overwhelming number of these historic crossings have deteriorated to the point that rehabilitation or even removal are the only alternatives to closing these connections altogether. Public opinion factors strongly into whether a particular bridge is preserved or replaced. Pennsylvania's Historic Bridges: Connecting our Past and Future is a documentary film that highlights public advocacy and involvement in the National Historic Preservation Act. Each bridge tells a story. Public involvement and advocacy is key to achieving the vital balance between maintaining our infrastructure and maintaining Pennsylvania's history.
Historic Disasters in Pennsylvania, 1889-Present
This video collage highlights the devastating impacts of natural disasters on Pennsylvania communities from the late 19th century through present-day, and conveys the importance of having a plan in place for your community’s historic properties before the next disaster strikes. In 2015, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office began assisting counties with prioritizing historic properties and community landmarks in FEMA’s hazard mitigation planning process as part of the PHMC’s new Disaster Planning for Historic Properties Initiative.
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Pennsylvania has a whole lot of medieval buildings and structures and much of it was financed by the coal, railroad and the Iron/Steel industries.
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The Anthracite Museum near Scranton
The Scranton Iron Furnaces
Grey Towers Castle in Milford
Bryn Athyn Cathedral (Gothic Style Cathedral)
Fonthill Castle in Doylestown
Carnegie Library in Braddock
Buhl Mansion in Sharon
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John F. Kennedy's Dedication of The Pinchot Institute
John F. Kennedy's Dedication of The Pinchot Institute at Grey Towers in Milford, PA, September 24, 1963
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Gifford Pinchot Bridging Environmental and Labor in the Early 20th Century
Gifford Pinchot, America's first professionally trained forester rose to national prominence as a conservationist and political progressive under the patronage of President Theodore Roosevelt. He likely would have support the current movements uniting working people and their unions and environmentalists in building the new, green economy. Transforming the economy through renewable energy, energy efficiency, mass transit and rail, a new smart grid and other solutions to global warming, has the potential to create millions of jobs, while reducing global warming emissions. Pinchot was elected twice as Republican governor of Pennsylvania. As a politician he fought for wiser use of natural resources and for fuller justice for the average citizen. In 1922 Pinchot campaigned for governor of Pennsylvania and won a close election. The miners of anthracite coal struck twice during his first term of office. The first strike, in 1923, lasted only a week due to Pinchot's decisive arbitration. The strike of 1925 continued for six months and again Pinchot's forceful mediation was necessary. Pinchot called both sides for daily meetings, finally achieving a compromise. Because Pennsylvania governors were then prohibited from successive terms, Pinchot ran again for the Senate and lost. But in 1931, he began his second term as Pennsylvania's governor during the depression years. He successfully pressed for large reductions in utility rates and built twenty thousand miles of paved rural roads to get the farmer out of the mud. Realizing that State aid would not be sufficient to curb the effects of the Depression, he was one of the first of the governors to decide that federal aid was needed. In 1933, the bituminous coal miners at U.S. Steel's captive mines struck. The mine owners refused to recognize the United Mine Workers union, despite federal law requiring collective bargaining. Pressure exerted by Pinchot and President Franklin D. Roosevelt caused the company to recognize the union. During his last year as governor, Pinchot ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. As usual, he received little assistance from the leaders of his party, whom he had greatly annoyed by supporting the economic recovery programs of Democrat Franklin Roosevelt. For more on Gifford Pinchot, go to . For more on the current links between labor and the environment, go to and to the Blue-Green Alliance website at . The US Blue Green Alliance is a national, strategic partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy. Launched in 2006 by the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club, this unique labor-environmental collaboration has grown to include the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) and the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. The Blue Green Alliance unites more than eight and a half million people in pursuit of good jobs, a clean environment and a green economy. The Blue Green Alliance works on issues ranging from energy and climate change to transportation to workers' rights and green chemistry. This was clipped from the 1986 film, Visions of the Wild, by the Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Division of State and Private Forestry. Fire and Aviation Management Staff. The entire film has been digitized by the nonprofit Public.Resource.Org ( ) in a cooperative agreement with the National Technical Information Service ( ) and is available at the Internet Archive at archive.com .
E1 | Pocono Mountains Magazine | Historical Attractions
In Episode 1 of the Pocono Mountains Magazine, Chris and Ashley take viewers around to three distinct historic locations in the Pocono Mountains: Grey Towers, Pike County Historical Society, and the Harry Packer Mansion.
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