Gifford Pinchot House | |
 Two of the fieldstone chateau's three conical towers (2007) | |
| Location | Milford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Port Jervis, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 41°19′39″N 74°49′15″W / 41.32750°N 74.82083°W |
| Area | 102 acres (41 ha)[1] |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architect | Richard Morris Hunt H. Edwards Ficken |
| Architectural style | Neo-Norman |
| Website | Grey Towers National Historic Site |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000694 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[3] |
| Designated NHL | May 23, 1963[4] |
| Designated PHMC | June 1, 1948[2] |
Grey Towers National Historic Site, also known as Gifford Pinchot House or The Pinchot Institute, is located just off US 6 west of Milford, Pennsylvania, in Milford Township. It is the ancestral summer home of Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the newly developed United States Forest Service (USFS) and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania.
The house, built in the style of a French château to reflect the Pinchot family's French origins, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt with some later work by H. Edwards Ficken. Situated on the hills above Milford, it overlooks the Delaware River. Gifford Pinchot grew up there and returned during the summers when his later life took him to Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg. His wife, Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, made substantial changes to the interior of the home and gardens, in collaboration with several different architects, during that time.
In 1963, his family donated it and the surrounding 102 acres (41 ha) to the Forest Service; it is the only U.S. National Historic Site managed by that agency.[5] Three years later, the Department of the Interior designated it a National Historic Landmark. Today it is open to the public for tours and hiking on its trails. It is also home to the Pinchot Institute, which carries on his work in conservation.
- ^ "About Us". April 5, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
New legislation enacted in FY05 established this historic landmark as a National Historic Site, the only national historic site administered by the US Forest Service.
- ^ "Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) - PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Gifford Pinchot House (Grey Towers)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
- ^ "Special Initiatives in the Northeastern Area/Grey Towers National Historic Site". January 18, 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2008.