George Eastman House (8/27/2024)

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Took a day trip to Rochester, NY to visit the George Eastman Museum. Before it opened, we explored the gardens.

The West Garden at the George Eastman House;
gardens were designed by landscape architect Alling DeForest

Anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’

Abelia × grandiflora/Glossy Abelia

Fountain in the West Garden (KSS)

Terrace Garden

Anemone 'September Charm'

Terrace Garden Fish Pond

Nymphaea nouchali/Water Lily

We received a tour of the George Eastmen House (1902-1905,
by J Foster Warner, in Colonial Revival style)

George Eastman was an entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Eastman Kodak Company. An avid photographer, his inventions made the camera accessible to all and his innovation of a roll of film separated the processing of the film from the camera.

Dining room

Conservatory where Eastman would
have his breakfast at this table
while listening to his organist play

Conservatory with a replica of a rogue elephant
acquired by Eastman on a hunting safari

The organ in the conservatory was hidden behind plants

You can see from the extra two rows of ceiling panels that
the conservatory was extended by 9-feet

The elevator; Eastman lived with his mother
who used a wheelchair

Billiards/Sitting Room with teak panels

Sitting Room with Eastman's radio on
a carved blanket chest from his travels

Antelope-hoof vase

Library

Elephant-foot waste basket

Grand staircase; the interior of the
house was designed by William Mead
of McKim, Mead & White

Living Room

Living room with the last portrait of his mother
who lived in this house two years before she died

Oculus in third floor celing

George Eastman's mother's room

The mother's room has a view of the
Italianate Terrace Garden

The mother's bathroom

George Eastman's bedroom is the Children's Discovery Room,
with a display on cameras

The rest of the second floor was undergoing renovation to enlarge the elevator access.

Rock Garden

Next: George Eastman Museum.