Plashbourne Estate is a historic estate located in the Lawrence Park West section of Yonkers

Yonkers, New York

Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...

, Westchester County, New York

Westchester County, New York

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. It was designed in 1911 by the noted architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings

Carrère and Hastings

Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère and Thomas Hastings , located in New York City, was one of the outstanding Beaux-Arts architecture firms in the United States. The partnership operated from 1885 until 1911, when Carrère was killed in an automobile accident...

 and built for artist Violet Oakley

Violet Oakley

Violet Oakley was an American artist known for her murals and her work in stained glass. She was a student and later a faculty member at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.-Life:...

 (1874–1961) in the Tudor Revival style. It is a -story stone building with an irregular compound plan and cross-gabled roofline. After 1915, it became the home of Anna Lawrence Bisland (1872–1950), third daughter of William Van Duzer Lawrence

William Van Duzer Lawrence

William Van Duzer Lawrence was a millionaire real-estate and pharmaceutical mogul who is best known for having founded Sarah Lawrence College in 1926. He played a critical role in the development of the community of Bronxville, New York, an affluent suburb of New York City defined by magnificent...

, who resided there until her death. Grayson L. Kirk

Grayson L. Kirk

Grayson Louis Kirk was president of Columbia University during the Columbia University protests of 1968. He was also a Professor of Government, advisor to the State Department, and instrumental in the formation of the United Nations.-Early life:Kirk was born to a farmer and schoolteacher in...

 (1903–1997) resided at Plashbourne Estate from 1973 until his death.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2007.