OLANA: STATE
HISTORIC SITE 
Olana was the home of 19th century American artist Frederic Church. He and his wife Isabel began building this house in 1870 on their farm located just south of the magestic Hudson River. Its design was inspired primarily by Moorish architecture, and it was here that Frederic worked on his major paintings. In addition to designing the house to the last detail, Church also took great pains to meticulously design its surrounding grounds, such that by 1891 Olana itself became a singular work of art.
