Oakdale Artist Colony

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Once part of William Kissam Vanderbilt\'s Idle Hour estate in Oakdale. Buildings included the stock barn, creamery, piggeries, barn, poultry barns, a duckhouse, a calving house, dog kennels, an eagle house, a forge, a house for the farm superintendent, and various storage areas.

The farm area was purchased by Lucy Sawyer Pritchard Thompson in 1926 and the property was converted into the Artist Colony.
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Coordinates:   40°43'57"N   73°8'55"W

Comments

  • Midgetville is a nickname from locals. It was originally an artist colony.
  • It was originaly the "Farm Group" from Idle Hour, William K. Vanderbilt's Estate.
  • grew up and lived in the area for 30 years. never once heard the term midgetville. It was always the Artist Colony
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