Published 15:18 IST, January 9th 2020
Things to do in Sleepy Hollow and places to visit in this 'unusual' village
There are some really great and peaceful places to visit and cool things to do in Sleepy Hollow. Read further to know more about it when you plan a trip here-
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Sleepy Hollow is a vill in Mount Pleasant in New York’s Hudson Valley. This vill is famously kwn for its best setting of Washington Irving’s “ Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” It is said that author Washington Irving is buried in Sleepy Hollow's Cemetery. This place also has haunted stories attached to it. re are several TV shows based on se stories in which Sleepy Hollow is showed as most haunted place in America. However, contrary to popular beliefs, re are some really great and peaceful places in Sleepy Hollow to explore and enjoy cool hidden and unusual things here. Check m out here-
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Three unusual and best things to do in Sleepy Hollow and explore this vill
Kykuit, Rockefeller State
Kykuit was home to one of wealthiest American industrialists, but w it is a historic site that remembers a more decent time in country's history. John D, Rockefeller h built this extraordinary Colonial-style mansion in 1913 on hills overlooking Tarrytown in New York. This place is equipped with a private golf course and a coach barn occupied with luxury horse carris and automobiles. Rockefeller imported full-grown trees from Italy and bounded grounds with those trees so public of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow would t be able to look upon country estate.
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Old Dutch Church
Old Dutch Church is oldest church in Sleepy Hollow, New York. It is also kwn as Dutch Reformed Church. two-and-a-half-acre colonial-era burying ground served as encourment for Washington Irving’s short story “ Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” church's construction started around year 1682 by Fedrick Philipse. re was a lordship built with church with two-foot-thick walls.A carpenter by tre, Fedrick built podium of church himself and under its floorboard lies buried thirteen family members.
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Union Church
Union Church near Sleepy Hollow comprises of Henri Matisse's last work that includes a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall. This church is located just below Rockefeller’s Kykuit estate in Westchester Country, New York. Union Church of Pocantico Hills is also home to an unexpected artist treat, i.e. Matisse and Chagall glass at church. re are some steeply pitched gables embedded within church and it is gorgeous.
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15:18 IST, January 9th 2020