Col. Oliver Hazard Payne Estate
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Col. Oliver Hazard Payne Estate
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| Location | US 9W, Esopus, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°48′35″N 73°57′34″W / 41.80972°N 73.95944°WCoordinates: 41°48′35″N 73°57′34″W / 41.80972°N 73.95944°W |
| Area | 60 acres (24 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Carrere and Hastings |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP Reference # | 02001324 |
| Added to NRHP | November 15, 2002 |
Col. Oliver Hazard Payne Estate is a historic 60-acre (24 ha) estate located on the west bank of the Hudson River at Esopus in Ulster County, New York. The estate features a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) Beaux Arts-style Mediterranean palazzo with an open courtyard designed in 1905 by the architect Thomas Hastings of the renowned firm Carrere and Hastings, who also designed the New York Public Library and the Frick Collection, for Col. Oliver Hazard Payne. The estate is currently owned by Marist College and operated as the The Raymond A. Rich Institute for Leadership Development.
Col. Oliver Hazard Payne (1839–1917) began construction on the mansion in 1909 and finished in 1911. The mansion was built on the same site as "Waldorf," John Jacob Astor III’s (1822–1890) somewhat less grand Renaissance-style residence that was razed. Payne had served as a colonel in the American Civil War, during which time he was grievously wounded. He later became involved in oil refining and founded the company Clark, Payne & Co. which was purchased by John D. Rockefeller in 1872, at which point Payne became the treasurer of Standard Oil and one of the wealthiest men in America.
As Payne never married nor had children, upon his death in 1917, the house passed to one of his nephews, Harry Payne Bingham (1887–1955). In 1933, Bingham donated the 484 acre estate to the Episcopal Diocese of New York, which established the Wiltwyck School for Boys, serving troubled children from 1937 until 1966. The School's leaders included Eleanor Roosevelt and its alumni included boxing champion Floyd Patterson.
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