Crow House is the handcrafted home built by the artist and craftsman Henry Varnum Poor (1887-1970) just west of the Hudson River, approximately 35 miles north of New York City.
Starting in 1920, Poor created Crow House from the ground up, using local materials, working largely alone. He lived there with his family until his death, creating his famous pottery, well known painting, unique furniture, designs for fresco, textiles, and tile murals.
Crow House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It is located within an established area of open space currently used for outdoor recreation and it is on the historic and scenic South Mountain Road. It was the center of an artists’ colony that included Burgess Meredith, John Houseman, Ruth Reeves, Maxwell Anderson, Milton Caniff, Paulette Goddard, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Sidney Simon and many other well-known artists, activists, composers, and writers.
Now owned by the town of Ramapo in Rockland County, New York, Crow House is not open to the public.
Crow House needs to be stabilized and restored so that others may experience this modern idyll and learn about the person who made it.
Photo Credit: (c) Elizabeth Felicella - All Rights Reserved
Crow House
South Mountain Road, New City, New York
Photo Credit: Martus Granirer, c. 2007
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Elizabeth Felicella photographs at the Crow House Gallery were funded through a grant from the center for craft, creativity, and design.