Staatsburgh was the home of financier Ogden Mills and his wife, socialite Ruth Livingston Mills. The Gilded Age mansion, completed in Dutchess County, New York, in 1896, features 79 rooms.

Back in Dutchess County prior to the tragedy, Staatsburg resident Ogden Mills and his wife, Ruth Livingston Mills, were likely waiting with great anticipation for the arrival of the Titanic.

In 1882, Ruth Livingston married Ogden Mills and six years later the couple inherited the mansion, which they expanded to 65 rooms. Catherine Kennedy Harper became their housekeeper. The size of ...

Children ages 12 and younger are free. Staatsburgh was the Gilded Age country home of Ruth Livingston Mills, a prominent figure in New York society, and her husband, financier, and philanthropist ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad This 65-room, 14-bath Beaux-Arts manor was once the country home of financier Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills (inherited by her great ...

“On this guided walk, you’ll be able to imagine what it would be like to be a guest of Ruth Livingston Mills at one of her very exclusive parties at Staatsburgh,” said site educator Don ...

Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park adjoins Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park and together, comprise more than one thousand acres. The numerous trails that thread through the ...

When New York City socialite Ruth Livingston Mills inherited her family's country estate known as Staatsburgh in 1890, she felt it wasn't grand enough to entertain her sophisticated friends.

Staatsburgh was the home of financier Ogden Mills and his wife, socialite Ruth Livingston Mills. The Gilded Age mansion, completed in Dutchess County, New York, in 1896, features 79 rooms. The Mills ...