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Church had a wonderful home on a mountaintop overlooking the Hudson Valley.

It is still there and is a beautiful tourist attraction.
The home is moorish style and it was built so that EVERY window has a view similar to his landscape paintings. He landscaped the mountain to accomplish this.
It is called "Olana" our home on high.

There are tours of the house and the view from the rear verandah is just amazingly lovely.

It is on the RT 9 side of the Catskill bridge about 130 miles from NYC, near Hudson, NY

I have been there many times because my grandparents lived in the area.

It also has fantastic gardens and walking trails.

It is as close to heaven on earth as could be.

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Go here to see stunning images of Frederic Church.

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/church.html#images