Frederic Joseph Church. Plan of Olana, 1886. Paper, ink & watercolor. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Olana State Historic Site. OL.1984.39Landscape Curator Mark Prezorski uses the 1886 Plan of Olana to explain to visitors the restoration of Crown Hill. May 2013Mark Prezorski pauses an electric vehicle tour along Ridge Road, using the 1886 Plan of Olana to help interpret the landscape
Frederic E. Church, sketch of a rustic bench, 1889. Paper, graphite. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Olana State Historic Site. OL.1980.1579(V)
A rustic bench in The Ramble, Central Park, March 2014Rustic bench at the top of Crown HillThree rustic benches in the picnic area of Ridge Road, August 2025
A centipede on Farm Road, June 2021A deer in the forest along North Road, July 2020The first cicada of the 2013 season, discovered on an Olana carriage road in JuneA family Canada geese in the Olana Lake, May 2013Two Common Garter Snakes on Farm RoadMinnows in the Olana Lake, probably baby largemouth bass, bluegill, or smallmouth bass, September 2025. Click here if you can’t spot them….
Hanging inside the Olana house: Arthur Parton’s 1864 oil painting made from a spot near Church’s studio and showing the expanse of The Park, Red Hill in the distance (at left) and Inbocht Bay in the middle ground distanceThe Park and South Road, March 2022The Park and the author’s favorite Dogwood tree, May 2021The mown path in The Park, with Blue Hill in the distance, October 2024The mown path in The Park, in a dusting of snow, February 2025The Park, October 2024View of the The Park and house from the edge of the Olana Lake, October 2013
