New Wedding venue http://www.ellwangerestate.com/ Rochester, NY
EllwangerEstate
The home of George Ellwanger and family for 115 years has under gone a
comprehensive historical restoration. The current owner wishes to
share the Ellwanger Estate for celebration events and meetings. Please
share the excitement and energy of this landmark site by viewing:
“Home is where the Heart is”
A romantic wedding awaits you at the Ellwanger Estate. Say "We do" in
the peaceful setting of lush intimate gardens. Share your special day
with family and friends, amid the warm paneled living room, fragrance
of flowers, songs of birds, the pure beauty and magic of nature at its
finest. Your wedding includes a one hour rehearsal, three hours for
the wedding, use of estate, grounds for photos, plus the many small
things we do for you to make your special day enchanting, one that you
will remember forever.
History The Estate began as a simple farmstead in 1837 under the
ownership of James Hawks. George Ellwanger, the 19th century
horticulturist of the world renewed Ellwanger and Barry nurseries, and
then purchased it in 1867. In late 1800’s, major architectural changes
were made to the farmhouse under the direction of Rochester’s renowned
architect A. J. Warner. Additional changes in 1910 were undertaken by
J. Foster Warner, giving the Estate its present day Tudor style. It
was also in 1867 that the historical Ellwanger Garden was planted. The
garden lies on a gentle slope, south of the Estate, shielded from
Mount Hope Avenue by a tall gray stonewall. Among the garden’s main
features are heirloom pear trees, peonies, boxwood edged paths,
flowering ancient roses, scrubs and perennials. The entrance drive to
the Estate follows an ancient Indian Trail winding from Lake Ontario
to the Mississippi Trail. As you enter the drive, your vision is
greeted by the original carriage house with it handsome Palladian
windows which over look the Ellwanger Garden.
Helen Cresswell Ellwanger, granddaughter to George Ellwanger, a woman
of vision and the beloved founder of the Landmark Society of Western
New York, bequeathed the Estate to the Landmark Society in December
1980, residing until her death in 1982. It was with the understanding
that the grounds be used for the promotion of interest in horticulture
and that the specimen tress and gardens be preserved in perpetuity. On
December 30, 1983, the Estate transferred hands for a third time and
was opened as a Bed and Breakfast from 1983-1990. On October 25, 2006,
the Janofsky became the fourth family to own and reside in the
Estate.
http://www.ellwangerestate.com/ Rochester, NY