Walker House (Garrison, New York)
The Walker House is a Queen Anne Revival private residence located in Garrison, New York that is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. It was constructed in 1888 by a prominent railroad executive on his own Garrison estate as a summer cottage wedding present for one of his daughters. Garrison is located in the Hudson Valley approximately 40 miles north of New York City and sits on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, directly across from West Point. Samuel Sloan was a well-known 19th century railroad magnate, best known for his 32-year tenure as president and a director of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. As a prominent New York businessman, he also served as a director of a variety of other corporations, including Western Union Telegraph Company, United States Trust Company, Consolidated Gas Company, Farmers Loan and Trust Company, and the predecessor of what is today Citibank. His name is engraved in stone on the wall in the former Citibank headquarters at 55 Wall Street, and a large statue of him is located the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sloan and his wife, Margaret Elmendorf Sloan, purchased large tracts of land in Garrison, New York before and after the Civil War. They built their summer estate, Oulagisket (later renamed Lisburne Grange by his son), in Garrison in 1864. Sloan and his wife built the Walker House on their Garrison estate near Oulagisket in 1888. It was a wedding gift to their daughter, Elizabeth La Grange Sloan (1862 - 1960), upon the occasion of her marriage on April 27, 1887, to Joseph Walker, Jr. (1858 - 1927). Walker became a senior partner and president of the investment banking firm of Joseph Walker & Sons and member of the New York Stock Exchange. In 1982 both the Walker House and Oulagisket were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Hudson Highlands Multiple Resource Area.
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New York, United States
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