Kenozia Lake Park & Grab Traditional Cache
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Kenozia Lake is located on the Route 28 corridor in the towns of Hurley and Olive. The locals call it Temples pond.
As you look at the mountain, you will notice a huge mansion.
Under Pitcairn ownership the 18,740-square-foot (1,741 m2) compound on 22 acres (9 ha) (the balance of Mount Tonche - over 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) - under restrictive preservation) was largely made up of two main wings connected by a covered walkway.
The property as a whole reflects a blend of Tudor architecture with some Arts and Crafts influences. The south wing was a pentagon configuration housing the main kitchen, two servants' quarters, six guest bedrooms, six full baths, and a massive glass-enclosed mountaintop porch. The wing also featured a 29' × 36' dining hall capable of seating 100 or more guests. The north wing housed the library, 11 bedrooms, seven full baths and 2½ baths, three-room servant's quarters, as well as a great room with 30-foot (9.1 m)-tall floor-to-ceiling windows and 60-foot (18 m)-high vaulted ceilings.[1]
Additionally there was a seven-room caretaker's cottage and a seven-stall garage.
The estate remained in the Pitcairn family until it was put on the market in 1995 for $3.9 million, then $2.9 million, then in late 1998 down to $1.95 million[2] at which time it was sold to photographer Randall Wallace.[3]
After substantial renovation, it served from 2001 to 2007 as the commercial base of Wallace's Allaire Studios. The residential studio is situated at the mountaintop estate Glen Tonche and offers full-time technical support, state-of-the-art sound rooms and an on-site chef. The Great Hall room features a view of the Catksill Mountains and the Ashokan Reservoir. There are five other recording rooms, including The Neve Room, a wall-less studio where the performance area and control room are combined. Norah Jones recorded her debut album, "Come Away with Me," in The Neve Room. Levon Helm and Garth Hudson joined Jones at The Neve Room while recording her "Feels Like Home." And country music star Tim McGraw recorded the title song from his album "Live Like You Were Dying," at The Great Hall. Additionally, David Bowie, Cassandra Wilson, Natalie Merchant, Donald Fagen and many others have releases that were recorded and/or mixed at Allaire. Allaire Studios shut their doors in 2008.
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