{"id":56,"date":"2011-05-13T01:56:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T05:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2011-05-13T01:56:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T05:56:54","slug":"stetsons-mount-st-vincent-hotel-c-1866","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"Stetson&#8217;s Mount St. Vincent Hotel, c. 1866"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/mtstvincenthotel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57\" title=\"mtstvincenthotel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/mtstvincenthotel.png\" alt=\"Stetson's about 1870\" width=\"812\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/mtstvincenthotel.png 812w, http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/mtstvincenthotel-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a>There were a number of stereoscopic views of this area manufactured in the 1860s and 70s. This is pretty much how things looked when Frederick Law Olmsted and his family lived here, 1859-1862, while Olmsted was directing the construction of Central Park.<\/p>\n<p>This view from East Drive is recognizably the same &#8220;Mount&#8221; you see today when you go to the composting area. The buildings are long gone, but the driveway and topography are unmistakable.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, we can see a bit of the McGown House, the 1790 rebuilt version that became the Mount St. Vincent&#8217;s complex. It&#8217;s the small, recessed building in the middle, with what looks like a vast awning but is no doubt part of a pitched roof. The big south wing (on our side) and the north wing (far side) were the first expansions of the convent, built in 1847 and 1848. It appears that a extra story was added to the top of the farmhouse, connecting the upper floors of the two wings, so the nuns and others wouldn&#8217;t have to descend to the ground floor in order to move from one wing to another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were a number of stereoscopic views of this area manufactured in the 1860s and 70s. This is pretty much how things looked when Frederick Law Olmsted and his family lived here, 1859-1862, while Olmsted was directing the construction of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/?p=56\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mcgowanspass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}