276:
313:
style and features a three-story bracket tower, semi-octagonal rooms, bays and an ornamental veranda. In 1849, Bronson acquired an additional 29 acres (12 ha) south of his original purchase, reuniting the original estate land that was excluded in his first purchase, bringing the estate up to 50
240:
Bronson was described by Isabel
Donaldson Bronson as "a cultivated, intelligent man, well-educated in his profession both in America & in Paris. His very delicate health obliged him to early give up active practice, but to the end of his kind and charitable life he ministered to the poor and
232:
His father used his insurance companies to finance the purchase of nearly a third of a million acres in multiple states. Oliver and his younger brothers Arthur and
Frederic aided their father in the land speculation business. From 1851 to 1854, Oliver was the first superintendent of schools in
409:
Willett
Bronson (1840â1917), who married Margaret O'Farrell (1846â1903) on November 16, 1871. He was a lawyer and real estate investor who eventually went bankrupt by 1883 after buying up-town lots and having houses built on them in New
1358:
193:
His maternal grandfather was Thomas Olcott and his paternal grandparents were
Captain Isaac Bronson and Mary Bronson. Through his brother Frederic, he was an uncle of prominent lawyer
932:
The
Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878
241:
lonely. He was a most excellent physician and a most excellent man... He was a serious man, taking a stern view of life in accordance with his strict
Presbyterian belief."
264:
and Sarah Mather, who may have been the instigators of bringing
Bronson to St. Johns. In Florida, they bought a house (later Saint George's Hotel) and lived in
150:(October 3, 1799 â June 21, 1875) was an American physician and educator who was "heir to a wealthy Connecticut financier, banker, and real estate speculator."
217:
77:
775:
National
Historic Landmark Nomination: Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate.(Includes architectural drawings and period paintings and other figures).
460:
Through his son Oliver, he was a grandfather, and namesake, of Oliver
Bronson (1871â1874), who died young, and Francis Philip Bronson (1876â1918).
348:
On May 15, 1833, Bronson was married to Joanna
Donaldson (1806â1876) at the Murray Street Presbyterian Church in New York. Joanna, who was born in
696:
907:
Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation
329:, established in the 1860s at a site southwest of the estate, with the Bronson House serving as the residence of the school's director until
990:
A Biographical Record of the Kappa Alpha Society in Williams College, Williamstown, Mass: From Its Foundation to the Present Time. 1833â1881
710:
859:
310:
671:
Bronson Lineage 1636â1917 | Ancestors and Descendants of Captain William Bronson of the Revolutionary War, and Other Ancestral Lines
352:, was the daughter of Sarah (nÊe Henderson) Donaldson and Robert Donaldson Sr., a Scottish born merchant, and the younger sister of
1373:
1368:
1363:
179:
162:, and was named after his parents' first son who died in infancy. He was eldest surviving son of ten children born to Anna (
791:
745:
326:
1213:
1182:
1027:
831:
645:
607:
573:
535:
494:
669:
253:
1254:
314:
acres (20 ha). Bronson later sold the house in 1853 to Frederick Fitch Folger, and returned to Connecticut.
1353:
422:
1226:
854:
762:
1139:
440:. After a funeral at the Church of the Strangers, a church for Southerners in New York, he was buried at
1282:
1108:
957:
433:
322:
175:
61:
1053:
874:
823:
395:
337:
171:
399:
257:
198:
527:
Breakneck: The Early Settlement of Middlebury, Connecticut- from 1657 to Its Incorporation As a Town
260:
and by March 1869, the school board was appointed. Before the Civil War, Bronson had contact with
994:
1328:
1174:
437:
360:
Isaac Bronson (1835â1872), a lawyer who married Harriet Whitney Phoenix (1835â1864), daughter of
298:
159:
42:
778:
633:
The Investment Frontier: New York Businessmen and the Economic Development of the Old Northwest
306:
265:
206:
1084:
1017:
936:
855:"STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF HENDERSON In the Superior Court. David A. Thompson, et. al"
817:
631:
597:
1259:
1231:
1168:
1019:
The Burling Books: Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers (1600â2000)
905:
774:
559:
525:
484:
792:"The Mordecai Female Academy: 130., 131., 132. The Donaldsons (Eliza, Isabella, and Joanna)"
309:
to do the landscaping and gardens. The house, completed in 1849, is an early example of the
186:) and Frederic Bronson Sr. (who married Charlotte Brinckerhoff, a granddaughter and heir of
1348:
1343:
376:
353:
288:
280:
413:
Robert Donaldson Bronson (1845â1912), who married his cousin Isabel Donaldson (1846â1931).
8:
449:
441:
426:
361:
221:
183:
988:
301:
to updated and expand the Federal-style villa that was built on a bluff overlooking the
1290:
1116:
1061:
965:
882:
715:
690:
403:
391:
245:
275:
1209:
1178:
1023:
930:
827:
641:
603:
599:
The Archaeology of Home: An Epic Set on a Thousand Square Feet of the Lower East Side
569:
531:
490:
1144:
418:
387:
364:
318:
294:
261:
234:
194:
138:
368:
356:, a prominent banker and patron of the arts. Together, they were the parents of:
213:
73:
1315:
675:
380:
349:
249:
174:
who was a successful banker and land speculator credited with co-founding the
1337:
448:. Less than a year after his death, his widow died on February 13, 1876, in
202:
167:
126:
1319:
1109:"Sunk in Real Estate; the Failure of Willett Bronson Caused by Speculation"
302:
187:
383:. After her death, he married Alice Whetten, with whom he had a daughter.
293:
In 1838, Bronson purchased the former home and estate of Samuel Plumb in
637:
372:
371:, at St. Paul's Chapel in New York on March 1, 1859. Harriet died of
1359:
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni
565:
561:
Around Washington Square: An Illustrated History of Greenwich Village
1324:
445:
486:
Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape
182:. Among his siblings was sister Maria Bronson (who married Col.
321:
in 1819, and today the watercolor is in the possession of the
163:
816:
Kenny, Peter M.; Phyfe, Duncan; Brown, Michael Kevin (2011).
252:, Bronson was appointed the first superintendent of the new
779:
Accompanying 25 photos, exterior and interior, from 2001.
317:
The house and surrounding landscape had been painted by
237:, and was also a shareholder in the Hudson Gas Company.
910:. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1915. p. 55
1170:
St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Historical Guide
421:
and displayed at his residence in the Hudson Valley,
158:
Bronson was born on October 3, 1799, at Breakneck in
1009:
325:. Portions of the property became the site of the
847:
1335:
1077:
1089:. Morehouse-Gorham. April 16, 1921. p. 732
898:
815:
482:
1015:
981:
519:
517:
515:
513:
394:who married Julia Frances Colt (1844â1921) at
379:, five years after their marriage, during the
1048:
1046:
819:Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York
478:
476:
474:
472:
1101:
1132:
922:
510:
1208:(Charleston, SC: Wyrick & Co., 2000).
1043:
867:
750:National Historic Landmark summary listing
695:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
589:
483:Rinaldi, Thomas E.; Yasinsac, Rob (2006).
469:
386:Oliver Bronson (1837â1918), a graduate of
1160:
809:
703:
661:
623:
551:
297:, from Robert Frary. He hired architect
176:New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
789:
783:
740:
738:
736:
734:
523:
274:
928:
767:
711:"DEATH LIST OF A DAY. Frederic Bronson"
595:
1336:
958:"Obituary Notes. | Mrs. Isaac Bronson"
790:Richards, Penny L. (2 February 2014).
667:
629:
557:
1166:
773:William E. Krattinger (August, 2001)
746:"Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate"
731:
180:Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company
112:
752:. National Park Service. 2007-09-17.
417:The painting was later acquired by
13:
668:Sibley, Harriet (Bronson) (1917).
432:Bronson died on June 21, 1875, in
327:New York Training School for Girls
218:College of Physicians and Surgeons
170:(1760â1838), a surgeon during the
78:College of Physicians and Surgeons
14:
1385:
1309:
1022:. Jane K. Thompson. p. 634.
929:Phoenix, Stephen Whitney (1878).
166:Olcott) Bronson (1765â1850), and
111: 1833–
860:The Western North Carolina Times
343:
1325:Bronson family papers 1790-1875
1275:
1247:
1219:
1198:
950:
108:
1374:Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
1263:. February 15, 1876. p. 6
756:
602:. PublicAffairs. p. 263.
455:
254:St. Johns County School System
1:
1369:Physicians from New York City
1016:Thompson-Stahr, Jane (2001).
524:Sullivan, Raymond E. (2010).
463:
330:
153:
1364:People from Hudson, New York
777:, National Park Service and
336:. The house was declared a
270:
7:
1054:"Oliver Bronson Dies at 82"
796:The Mordecai Female Academy
596:Greider, Katharine (2011).
323:New-York Historical Society
62:Richfield Springs, New York
10:
1390:
1235:. July 24, 1875. p. 6
1206:Adventures with Old Houses
1167:Adams, William R. (2015).
1140:"Robert Donaldson Bronson"
993:. Society. 1881. pp.
824:Metropolitan Museum of Art
558:Harris, Luther S. (2003).
398:on June 2, 1870. He was a
338:National Historic Landmark
286:
172:American Revolutionary War
935:. Priv. Print. . p.
530:. iUniverse. p. 40.
258:St. Johns County, Florida
248:following the end of the
244:In November 1868, during
227:
134:
122:
91:
83:
69:
50:
28:
21:
1175:Rowman & Littlefield
630:Haeger, John D. (1981).
1329:New York Public Library
438:Otsego County, New York
299:Alexander Jackson Davis
216:and graduated from the
160:Middlebury, Connecticut
43:Middlebury, Connecticut
1354:Yale University alumni
311:Hudson River Bracketed
307:Andrew Jackson Downing
284:
266:St. Augustine, Florida
207:William Alexander Duer
1260:New York Daily Herald
1232:New York Daily Herald
1204:Richard H. Jenrette,
367:and granddaughter of
278:
826:. pp. 129â130.
489:. UPNE. p. 92.
402:Commissioner during
377:Baden-Baden, Germany
354:Robert Donaldson Jr.
289:Oliver Bronson House
281:Oliver Bronson House
201:(a granddaughter of
450:Baltimore, Maryland
442:Green-Wood Cemetery
427:Barrytown, New York
362:U.S. Representative
222:Columbia University
184:James Boyles Murray
130:Anna Olcott Bronson
1291:The New York Times
1177:. pp. 73â74.
1120:. 21 December 1883
1117:The New York Times
1062:The New York Times
966:The New York Times
883:The New York Times
763:2003 Press Release
716:The New York Times
568:. pp. 12â13.
392:Harvard Law School
305:'s South bay, and
285:
220:, later a part of
16:American physician
1086:The Living Church
434:Richfield Springs
212:Bronson attended
199:Sarah Gracie King
145:
144:
1381:
1304:
1303:
1301:
1299:
1287:
1279:
1273:
1272:
1270:
1268:
1251:
1245:
1244:
1242:
1240:
1223:
1217:
1202:
1196:
1195:
1193:
1191:
1164:
1158:
1157:
1155:
1153:
1145:New-York Tribune
1136:
1130:
1129:
1127:
1125:
1113:
1105:
1099:
1098:
1096:
1094:
1081:
1075:
1074:
1072:
1070:
1058:
1050:
1041:
1040:
1038:
1036:
1013:
1007:
1006:
1004:
1002:
985:
979:
978:
976:
974:
962:
954:
948:
947:
945:
943:
926:
920:
919:
917:
915:
902:
896:
895:
893:
891:
879:
871:
865:
864:
851:
845:
844:
842:
840:
813:
807:
806:
804:
802:
787:
781:
771:
765:
760:
754:
753:
742:
729:
728:
726:
724:
707:
701:
700:
694:
686:
684:
682:
665:
659:
658:
656:
654:
627:
621:
620:
618:
616:
593:
587:
586:
584:
582:
555:
549:
548:
546:
544:
521:
508:
507:
505:
503:
480:
419:Richard Jenrette
400:St. Johns County
388:Williams College
365:Jonas P. Phoenix
335:
332:
319:William Guy Wall
295:Hudson, New York
262:Buckingham Smith
235:Hudson, New York
195:Frederic Bronson
139:Frederic Bronson
116:
114:
110:
97:Joanna Donaldson
57:
38:
36:
19:
18:
1389:
1388:
1384:
1383:
1382:
1380:
1379:
1378:
1334:
1333:
1312:
1307:
1297:
1295:
1294:. July 12, 1918
1285:
1281:
1280:
1276:
1266:
1264:
1253:
1252:
1248:
1238:
1236:
1225:
1224:
1220:
1203:
1199:
1189:
1187:
1185:
1165:
1161:
1151:
1149:
1148:. June 13, 1912
1138:
1137:
1133:
1123:
1121:
1111:
1107:
1106:
1102:
1092:
1090:
1083:
1082:
1078:
1068:
1066:
1065:. June 30, 1918
1056:
1052:
1051:
1044:
1034:
1032:
1030:
1014:
1010:
1000:
998:
987:
986:
982:
972:
970:
960:
956:
955:
951:
941:
939:
927:
923:
913:
911:
904:
903:
899:
889:
887:
886:. April 3, 1872
877:
873:
872:
868:
853:
852:
848:
838:
836:
834:
814:
810:
800:
798:
788:
784:
772:
768:
761:
757:
744:
743:
732:
722:
720:
719:. 30 March 1900
709:
708:
704:
688:
687:
680:
678:
666:
662:
652:
650:
648:
628:
624:
614:
612:
610:
594:
590:
580:
578:
576:
556:
552:
542:
540:
538:
522:
511:
501:
499:
497:
481:
470:
466:
458:
369:Stephen Whitney
346:
333:
291:
273:
230:
214:Yale University
203:James Gore King
156:
129:
118:
106:
102:
99:
98:
76:
74:Yale University
65:
59:
55:
46:
40:
39:October 3, 1799
34:
32:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1387:
1377:
1376:
1371:
1366:
1361:
1356:
1351:
1346:
1332:
1331:
1322:
1316:Oliver Bronson
1311:
1310:External links
1308:
1306:
1305:
1274:
1246:
1218:
1197:
1183:
1159:
1131:
1100:
1076:
1042:
1028:
1008:
980:
949:
921:
897:
866:
846:
832:
808:
782:
766:
755:
730:
702:
676:Dallas, Oregon
660:
646:
622:
608:
588:
574:
550:
536:
509:
495:
467:
465:
462:
457:
454:
415:
414:
411:
407:
404:Reconstruction
396:Trinity Church
384:
350:North Carolina
345:
342:
287:Main article:
272:
269:
250:U.S. Civil War
246:Reconstruction
229:
226:
197:, who married
155:
152:
148:Oliver Bronson
143:
142:
136:
132:
131:
124:
120:
119:
104:
100:
96:
95:
93:
89:
88:
85:
81:
80:
71:
67:
66:
60:
58:(aged 75)
52:
48:
47:
41:
30:
26:
25:
23:Oliver Bronson
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1386:
1375:
1372:
1370:
1367:
1365:
1362:
1360:
1357:
1355:
1352:
1350:
1347:
1345:
1342:
1341:
1339:
1330:
1326:
1323:
1321:
1317:
1314:
1313:
1293:
1292:
1284:
1278:
1262:
1261:
1256:
1250:
1234:
1233:
1228:
1222:
1215:
1214:0-941711-46-3
1211:
1207:
1201:
1186:
1184:9781561649006
1180:
1176:
1172:
1171:
1163:
1147:
1146:
1141:
1135:
1119:
1118:
1110:
1104:
1088:
1087:
1080:
1064:
1063:
1055:
1049:
1047:
1031:
1029:9780961310400
1025:
1021:
1020:
1012:
996:
992:
991:
984:
969:. May 8, 1901
968:
967:
959:
953:
938:
934:
933:
925:
909:
908:
901:
885:
884:
876:
870:
863:. 9 May 1913.
862:
861:
856:
850:
835:
833:9781588394422
829:
825:
821:
820:
812:
797:
793:
786:
780:
776:
770:
764:
759:
751:
747:
741:
739:
737:
735:
718:
717:
712:
706:
698:
692:
677:
673:
672:
664:
649:
647:9780873955317
643:
639:
635:
634:
626:
611:
609:9781586489908
605:
601:
600:
592:
577:
575:9780801873416
571:
567:
563:
562:
554:
539:
537:9781450256322
533:
529:
528:
520:
518:
516:
514:
498:
496:9781584655985
492:
488:
487:
479:
477:
475:
473:
468:
461:
453:
451:
447:
443:
439:
435:
430:
428:
424:
420:
412:
408:
405:
401:
397:
393:
389:
385:
382:
378:
374:
370:
366:
363:
359:
358:
357:
355:
351:
344:Personal life
341:
339:
328:
324:
320:
315:
312:
308:
304:
300:
296:
290:
282:
277:
268:
267:
263:
259:
255:
251:
247:
242:
238:
236:
225:
223:
219:
215:
210:
208:
204:
200:
196:
191:
189:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
168:Isaac Bronson
165:
161:
151:
149:
140:
137:
133:
128:
127:Isaac Bronson
125:
121:
94:
90:
86:
82:
79:
75:
72:
68:
63:
54:June 21, 1875
53:
49:
44:
31:
27:
20:
1320:Find a Grave
1298:15 September
1296:. Retrieved
1289:
1277:
1267:15 September
1265:. Retrieved
1258:
1249:
1239:15 September
1237:. Retrieved
1230:
1221:
1205:
1200:
1190:15 September
1188:. Retrieved
1169:
1162:
1152:15 September
1150:. Retrieved
1143:
1134:
1124:15 September
1122:. Retrieved
1115:
1103:
1093:15 September
1091:. Retrieved
1085:
1079:
1069:15 September
1067:. Retrieved
1060:
1035:15 September
1033:. Retrieved
1018:
1011:
1001:15 September
999:. Retrieved
989:
983:
973:15 September
971:. Retrieved
964:
952:
940:. Retrieved
931:
924:
914:15 September
912:. Retrieved
906:
900:
890:15 September
888:. Retrieved
881:
869:
858:
849:
837:. Retrieved
818:
811:
799:. Retrieved
795:
785:
769:
758:
749:
721:. Retrieved
714:
705:
679:. Retrieved
670:
663:
651:. Retrieved
632:
625:
613:. Retrieved
598:
591:
579:. Retrieved
560:
553:
543:15 September
541:. Retrieved
526:
500:. Retrieved
485:
459:
431:
416:
347:
316:
303:Hudson River
292:
243:
239:
231:
211:
192:
188:Robert Troup
157:
147:
146:
56:(1875-06-21)
1349:1875 deaths
1344:1799 births
456:Descendants
334: 1970
224:, in 1818.
1338:Categories
801:17 October
723:16 October
681:16 October
653:17 October
638:SUNY Press
615:17 October
581:17 October
502:17 October
464:References
373:diphtheria
154:Early life
84:Occupation
35:1799-10-03
691:cite book
566:JHU Press
423:Edgewater
381:Civil War
340:in 2003.
271:Residence
135:Relatives
123:Parent(s)
87:Physician
70:Education
446:Brooklyn
141:(nephew)
1327:at the
942:13 July
839:2 April
283:, 2009.
117:
105:
101:
1283:"Died"
1255:"DIED"
1227:"Died"
1212:
1181:
1026:
875:"Died"
830:
644:
606:
572:
534:
493:
228:Career
92:Spouse
64:, U.S.
45:, U.S.
1286:(PDF)
1112:(PDF)
1057:(PDF)
961:(PDF)
878:(PDF)
410:York.
115:)
107:(
103:
1300:2019
1269:2019
1241:2019
1210:ISBN
1192:2019
1179:ISBN
1154:2019
1126:2019
1095:2019
1071:2019
1037:2019
1024:ISBN
1003:2019
997:-189
975:2019
944:2018
916:2019
892:2019
841:2019
828:ISBN
803:2017
725:2017
697:link
683:2017
655:2017
642:ISBN
617:2017
604:ISBN
583:2017
570:ISBN
545:2019
532:ISBN
504:2017
491:ISBN
390:and
279:The
205:and
178:and
113:1875
51:Died
29:Born
1318:at
995:188
937:821
444:in
436:in
425:in
375:in
256:in
209:).
190:).
164:nÊe
1340::
1288:.
1257:.
1229:.
1173:.
1142:.
1114:.
1059:.
1045:^
963:.
880:.
857:.
822:.
794:.
748:.
733:^
713:.
693:}}
689:{{
674:.
640:.
636:.
564:.
512:^
471:^
452:.
429:.
331:c.
109:m.
1302:.
1271:.
1243:.
1216:.
1194:.
1156:.
1128:.
1097:.
1073:.
1039:.
1005:.
977:.
946:.
918:.
894:.
843:.
805:.
727:.
699:)
685:.
657:.
619:.
585:.
547:.
506:.
406:.
37:)
33:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
