The lake at Olana, shot from the belltower in the house, as it mirrors the shape of Inbocht Bay in the Hudson River, October 2014Members of the Pizza family on the Olana lake circa 1944, when ice skating was permitted. Click here for their namesOlana Lake, New Year’s Day, 2025A woman meditates in the forest by the Olana Lake, November 2024A family Canada geese in the Olana Lake, May 2013Father and son relax on the dock at the Olana Lake, June 2015One of Frederic Church’s most beloved composed view: the Olana house reflected in the glassy waters of the lakeA heron at the Olana lake, September 2024
Ice cutting rig on the frozen Hudson River near Catskill, circa 1912. Photo: New York State Archives, #A3045-78_8301873 Map showing “Greenport [Township],” courtesy Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, NY Public Library. The mighty Coast Guard ice cutter Sturgeon Bay clears a path in the river, February 2015. The Hudson River shipping channel cleared of ice, looking south, February 2014Brick chimney from the Knickerbocker Ice Company in Athens, NY, just across the Hudson from Mt. Merino, July 2021
Cosy CottageNorth Meadow, looking north from the Brezie Farm House foundation, with Cosy Cottage at rightThe privy at Cosy Cottage, with an electric vehicle attached to a charging cable, February 2025
Landscape Curator Mark Prezorski uses the 1886 Plan of Olana to explain to visitors the restoration of Crown Hill. May 2013The preservation of Crown Hill, March 2013The preservation of Crown Hill, May 2013
The Brezie Farmhouse foundation. The collapsed chimney is in the center; an Olana barn is in the backgroundView of the Olana farm complex from Crown Hill, May 2025The Brezie Farm House foundation, looking northPainting of the Benham family farm, where today sits the campus of Columbia-Greene Community College to the east of Farm Road.
