Stewardship Program
The RBF's stewardship of the Pocantico Historic Area includes overseeing the maintenance, care, conservation, and restoration of the historic buildings, gardens and collections of decorative and fine art.
Historic Structures & Collections
Kykuit
The four-story Beaux-Arts villa completed in 1913 for John D. Rockefeller by architects Delano and Aldrich, and landscape architect William Welles Bosworth, Kykuit has been home to four generations of Rockefeller family members
Coach Barn
The original version of this multi-purpose building was designed by the New York firm of York & Sawyer. Later modifications of the Coach Barn were made under the direction of Delano and Aldrich, architects of Kykuit, and William Welles Bosworth, the noted landscape architect, who was concurrently engaged in designing and constructing the Orangerie and gardens of Kykuit.
Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico
The RBF assumed stewardship of a house designed by architect Marcel Breuer in January, 2007. Breuer, was originally commissioned to design an exhibition building for the Museum of Modern Art as part of a series of exhibition buildings to be displayed in their garden.
Gardens and Landscapes
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund's stewardship of the Pocantico Historic Area includes overseeing the maintenance, care, conservation, and restoration of the historic buildings, gardens, and collections of decorative and fine art. This video features the Inner, Brook, Rose, and Japanese gardens. You may also read "The Japanese Garden at Pocantico," an article by Cynthia Altman, curator at the Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Close-Up
Established Chinese environmental groups and Global Greengrants Fund (Greengrants) are helping a new generation of Chinese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) secure funds to sustain and expand their basic operations and projects.