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  • We acquired this object.

1910

  • Work on this object began.

1920

  • Work on this object ended.

2022

2025

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Photograph, Ringwood Manor

This is a Photograph. It is dated ca. 1915. Its medium is reproduction. It is a part of the department.

Ringwood Manor, the Hewitt country home in New Jersey, was located on 22,000 acres in the Ramapo Mountains. From June through the fall of each year, the family hosted friends, artists, politicians, and other distinguished guests for weekends of sport, festivity, and relaxation. The Ringwood guestbooks (presented in this gallery) are testimonials of the lively times experienced with the Hewitts.

Ringwood Manor is open today as part of Ringwood State Park and administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

It is credited Ringwood Manor.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Sarah & Eleanor Hewitt: Designing a Modern Museum.

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