I've visited this magnificent estate numerous times and even operated the organ (I'm an organist). Everything in the mansion is in pristine condition. There often is a very large and wonderful craft fair on the adjoining grounds. Vermont is a beautiful state and this area is magnificent. I am lucky to have lived in NY for over 60 years and less than an hour's drive to Manchester. Bennington, on the way there, is 20 minutes from my last home in Troy, NY. Thank your presenting this beautiful place.
Thank you for mentioning the craft fair! I’m sure it was cool for you to operate that organ. What a great experience. You are so right about it being a beautiful area. I liked reading a little bit about how local residents came together to care for Hildene. There’s a little bit of information on their website about that. Thanks for watching!
What a lovely lived in home. So nice and comfortable. Not ostentatious. They took care of what they had and it is preserved beautifully. Thank you for this tour.
My ancestor William T Carroll was the supreme court clerk who was working the evening that President Lincoln arrived in DC. They wanted to swear him in that night. His belongings were still on the train. So William had a small bible in his desk given to him by his wife . He gave his bible to the judge swearing President Lincoln in. I visited the national archives and was able to view it. I also was able to read William’s notes and a seal documenting it as the bible Lincoln was sworn in on. My husband and I will have to visit this lovely home in Vermont . Thank you for sharing .
What a gracious & lovely home to enjoy living in! A time when the pace was slow & they had time for personal pursuits & time to really know people in their lives. Enjoyed that tour!
They have done such a great job preserving it. And I intend to go back to see the gardens in the springtime. I’m told they are absolutely stunning. Thanks for watching 🙂
@@exploringwithrobert465 we all enjoyed that trip!! I took so many photos I had to dump them !! That place was soooo amazing!! I walked down the grand staircase and stopped in the middle and looked down at the guide and said “would anyone notice if I slid down the bannisters?” He looked at me and said “go ahead all the children that were here in the day did it, why not you? lol
Exploring with Robert, thank you so much Robert for this visit The stylish Home of Abraham Lincoln’s Son ☺a large garden Hil dean 🙂🙂various flowers 😗appreciating the curiousity by that stylish telescope 🙃🙃i visited many castles in EU but the first time in USA many thinks 🙂🙂
We toured the house on a very quiet day and the Grand Steinway Piano had just been tuned. The Docent asked if anyone played the piano. My niece was allowed to go behind the ropes and play the piano. I think she was in high school at the time, I’m sure it’s the only Steinway she will play!
I wish you would have shown the inside of that Pullman train car. Especially since you said it was a luxury model train it must have been beautiful inside. 😞
@@cherylp960 I think I have some footage I can put together. Let me work on that. It might not be right away, but if you can hit the notifications bell, you’ll see when it comes out. I’d love to share it. Sorry I couldn’t out everything in one video. Thank you for watching.
Visited Robert Lincoln home this past summer. Beautiful home & location. We got to go in the Pullman car. Everything was awesome. Even tho it rained on and off, it didn't ruin the trip. Will definitely go again.
It’s my pleasure to share that, and thank you so much for watching. I’m SO glad my wife could see it with me. I didn’t tell her where I was bringing her. She loved the surprise.
Me and my husband were out there visiting and happened upin this magnificent house thoroughly enjoyed walking though the huose and grounds didn't no it exsited
She was indeed adventurous as I understand it. She wanted to experience a wide range of experiences in her life and had many hobbies. I was told that she was not “conceited” or “impressed” with the fact that she was a descendant of President Lincoln, and she was extremely welcoming to those who were fascinated with her family legacy. I think I may have mentioned in the video that she essentially had an “open door policy” while she lived at Hildene.
Peggy did inherit the property in 1938. I have also added the link to their website in the description, if you’d like to take a look at that. Thank you for watching!
I have some information recently learned about Abraham Lincoln. On average, every day there is a book or something literary published about Lincoln. He shares this pretty exclusive company with Napoleon, Jesus Christ and (gulp) UFOs. The Robert Todd Lincoln estate is very similar to the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, site of the Blue Boy painting. Thanks for this posting.
That is very interesting. I appreciate your watching, and sharing that information. Abraham Lincoln is a fascinating person. I can understand why there are so many books written about him. Have a nice day 🙂
This is such a well organized home. Given Robert's wild and loose upbringing in Springfield IL and Washington, it's clear that his time in the Army was an antidote to the chaos. Mary's husband was on the road, she had miscarriages, 4 energetic bright sons, and hostess to her husband's networking contacts.
Robert was only in the army for 2 months. His 5 years in New England are what made him into a gentleman. When he returned to Springfield in February 1861 after a year of prep school and one term at Harvard, it was well noted that he was significantly more sophisticated.
@@aprince4u As I understand it, none of Abraham Lincoln’s 3 great-grandchildren (Lincoln Isham, Mary (Peggy) Lincoln Beckwith, or Robert Lincoln Beckwith) had children. Robert was the last of those to pass away, and that was in 1985.
Apparently he found it very peaceful in the Vermont countryside. I think it was a place where he could conduct business while still being slightly removed with his family.
@ericbursey6950 She went to the hospitals during the war to visit the patients. I think women, especially famous women, often get short shrift - the good that they do is taken for granted while the bad lives on and on. She lost two children, she suffered a traumatic brain injury, her husband was murdered as he sat beside her AND she was prevented by the men around Lincoln from being present as he was dying because she wasn't behaving the way THEY thought she should.
I should have been a historian because I love all presidential history. Thank you.😊 Btw. I can actually see servants and others as you go into room to room. I can actually see all what appears to be plantation workers ie. slaves on the outside. I have the gift.
Presidential history can sure be interesting. And as far as servants working at the home in Manchester, I believe, if I recall correctly, there was a staff of 15. Thanks for watching 🙂
I am nowhere near an expert on this, but looking at the dates, it seems Mary Todd Lincoln had passed away before Robert and his wife, Mary, moved to Manchester.
Sorry. Robert Lincoln tried to commit his own mother because she was depressed after all the tragedies she endured. Hopefully his children turned out better than him.
I've visited this magnificent estate numerous times and even operated the organ (I'm an organist). Everything in the mansion is in pristine condition. There often is a very large and wonderful craft fair on the adjoining grounds. Vermont is a beautiful state and this area is magnificent. I am lucky to have lived in NY for over 60 years and less than an hour's drive to Manchester. Bennington, on the way there, is 20 minutes from my last home in Troy, NY. Thank your presenting this beautiful place.
Thank you for mentioning the craft fair! I’m sure it was cool for you to operate that organ. What a great experience. You are so right about it being a beautiful area. I liked reading a little bit about how local residents came together to care for Hildene. There’s a little bit of information on their website about that. Thanks for watching!
What a lovely lived in home. So nice and comfortable. Not ostentatious. They took care of what they had and it is preserved beautifully. Thank you for this tour.
I agree. It is a lovely home, and obviously the grounds are beautiful as well. I thoroughly enjoyed my visits. Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for the history ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 very well maintained
You’re so welcome 🙂. Thanks for watching.
My ancestor William T Carroll was the supreme court clerk who was working the evening that President Lincoln arrived in DC. They wanted to swear him in that night. His belongings were still on the train. So William had a small bible in his desk given to him by his wife . He gave his bible to the judge swearing President Lincoln in.
I visited the national archives and was able to view it. I also was able to read William’s notes and a seal documenting it as the bible Lincoln was sworn in on. My husband and I will have to visit this lovely home in Vermont . Thank you for sharing .
@@MarySchlotter That is a fascinating story. Thanks for watching and commenting! 🙂
It's absolutely stunning. Nevervknew of its existence till your video came up
I only recently learned of it myself. It’s beautiful and so well preserved.
This place is beautiful inside.....but the garden is even prettier! Wow! 🌻🌹🌷💐
The garden is amazing 🤩. Thanks for watching!
The garden overlook is beautiful especially in the fall!
@@nadinerorden2715 I’m sure!!
What a gracious & lovely home to enjoy living in! A time when the pace was slow & they had time for personal pursuits & time to really know people in their lives. Enjoyed that tour!
Good point about the time and the pace of day to day life 🙂
A beautiful home.
Really enjoyed this. Thank you.
@@tracyanne8616 Thank you for watching 🙂. It was my pleasure and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Extremely well-preserved! Even the magnificent gardens. Thank you.
They have done such a great job preserving it. And I intend to go back to see the gardens in the springtime. I’m told they are absolutely stunning. Thanks for watching 🙂
@@exploringwithrobert465 Thanks for sharing your work.
Great video. Thank you. Full of interesting information and views of the actual house.
Thank you 🙏
Enjoyed this! Thank you.
Thank you for watching 🙂
If you are in the area this is a must see. It’s beautiful and you’ll learn a lot.
I brought my parents there a few years ago!! What a beautiful place!!
@@maryellen8564 That’s great that you were able to bring your parents there. They must’ve really enjoyed that. Thanks for watching!
@@exploringwithrobert465 we all enjoyed that trip!! I took so many photos I had to dump them !! That place was soooo amazing!! I walked down the grand staircase and stopped in the middle and looked down at the guide and said “would anyone notice if I slid down the bannisters?” He looked at me and said “go ahead all the children that were here in the day did it, why not you? lol
I loved this so much!!!
@@TheAmericanGirl1967 Thank you for watching and for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Went here last month, amazing place
It really is a beautiful and fascinating place
Beautiful 🥰❤️
Exploring with Robert, thank you so much Robert for this visit The stylish Home of Abraham Lincoln’s Son ☺a large garden Hil dean 🙂🙂various flowers 😗appreciating the curiousity by that stylish telescope 🙃🙃i visited many castles in EU but the first time in USA many thinks 🙂🙂
Thank you for watching 🙂
This was awesome. Thank you !
Thank you. It was my pleasure 🙂
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! ❤
@@lindaduncan5541 It’s my pleasure! Thanks for watching! 🙏
The grounds are beautiful
❤beautiful home. And family.
Yes. Absolutely
Always passed his house on our Sunday drive from NY ( 40 minute drive) but never toured it so now we'll do a day trip. Thanks.
I think you’ll enjoy it. There’s much more that I didn’t show.
Didn't even scratch the surface of this wonderful place!!
So true! There is much more to explore at Hildene 🙂
We toured the house on a very quiet day and the Grand Steinway Piano had just been tuned. The Docent asked if anyone played the piano. My niece was allowed to go behind the ropes and play the piano. I think she was in high school at the time, I’m sure it’s the only Steinway she will play!
What a nice experience and memory. I love that they allowed her to do that 🙂
I wish you would have shown the inside of that Pullman train car. Especially since you said it was a luxury model train it must have been beautiful inside. 😞
@@cherylp960 I think I have some footage I can put together. Let me work on that. It might not be right away, but if you can hit the notifications bell, you’ll see when it comes out. I’d love to share it. Sorry I couldn’t out everything in one video. Thank you for watching.
@@exploringwithrobert465 oh that would be great!!! 😃
@@exploringwithrobert465 I'd like to see that, too. I just assumed that the inside of the car was closed to the public.
@@exploringwithrobert465 I'd like to see that, too. I just assumed that the inside of the car was closed to the public.
Visited Robert Lincoln home this past summer. Beautiful home & location. We got to go in the Pullman car. Everything was awesome. Even tho it rained on and off, it didn't ruin the trip. Will definitely go again.
Beautiful 🤩. Incredible how the family tree ends.
It’s an amazing place with a fascinating history 🙂.
This was so wonderful to see
Thank you for watching 🙂🙏
❤Thanks for sharing, a beautiful house. So enjoyed the video, I love how you waited for your wife, very sweet.
It’s my pleasure to share that, and thank you so much for watching. I’m SO glad my wife could see it with me. I didn’t tell her where I was bringing her. She loved the surprise.
Me and my husband were out there visiting and happened upin this magnificent house thoroughly enjoyed walking though the huose and grounds didn't no it exsited
It’s a beautiful place with a fascinating history. Thanks for watching! 🙂
❤ May you always be doing!
Thank you 🙏
Lovely. Hope to visit
It’s a beautiful place. I hope you get to see it.
Peggy looks like she was an adventurous woman! ❤ I bet her life story is very interesting!
She was indeed adventurous as I understand it. She wanted to experience a wide range of experiences in her life and had many hobbies. I was told that she was not “conceited” or “impressed” with the fact that she was a descendant of President Lincoln, and she was extremely welcoming to those who were fascinated with her family legacy. I think I may have mentioned in the video that she essentially had an “open door policy” while she lived at Hildene.
Wow beautiful home
@@valerie-p3c It really is. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful video. Greetings from Croatia. Thank you.
Thank you for watching and for your greeting! Have a great day! 🙂
always wanted to visit has outstanding peony gardens
@@raymondhuizenga2999 I would like to go back to see the gardens at springtime. Thanks for watching!
I love peonies-----I must visit!
@@anglophils645I hope you get a chance to go there 🙂
Never thought to look up a thing like this. Thanks for sharing your hobby:)
It’s my pleasure to share it and I appreciate you watching it 😊
@@exploringwithrobert465 Thanks again. God bless you.
How old was Peggy when she died, and when did she die? In answer to my question, Peggy (Lincoln) Beckwith: 1895-1975, so dying at about age 80.
@@StevenTorrey I’m looking forward to learning more about Peggy. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Gorgeous 🥰
It’s such a beautiful place. Thank you for watching 🙏
Very interesting and educational video!
@@lesliebrickey8357 I appreciate that and thank you for watching!
The Estate of Robert Todd Lincoln gave the home to his Granddaughter in 1938?
Peggy did inherit the property in 1938. I have also added the link to their website in the description, if you’d like to take a look at that. Thank you for watching!
I have some information recently learned about Abraham Lincoln. On average, every day there is a book or something
literary published about Lincoln. He shares this pretty exclusive company with Napoleon, Jesus Christ and (gulp) UFOs. The Robert Todd Lincoln estate is very similar to the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, site of the Blue Boy painting. Thanks for this posting.
That is very interesting. I appreciate your watching, and sharing that information. Abraham Lincoln is a fascinating person. I can understand why there are so many books written about him. Have a nice day 🙂
Had no idea. Thanks for sharing 👍
You’re very welcome and thank you for watching 🙂
This is really big house.
Thank you for watching 🙂
It's. A beautiful. Pplace. 😊
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is such a well organized home. Given Robert's wild and loose upbringing in Springfield IL and Washington, it's clear that his time in the Army was an antidote to the chaos. Mary's husband was on the road, she had miscarriages, 4 energetic bright sons, and hostess to her husband's networking contacts.
Robert was only in the army for 2 months. His 5 years in New England are what made him into a gentleman. When he returned to Springfield in February 1861 after a year of prep school and one term at Harvard, it was well noted that he was significantly more sophisticated.
Thank you for watching and for the additional information. Visiting Hildene has made me curious to learn more about Robert and Mary. Have a nice day 🙂
@@Nyx773I really appreciate your knowledge about Robert and Mary! Thank you for sharing 🙏
That spider is bananas!!! I didn’t know we had them that size in New England
@@Tracymcgrath-p3e I wonder what kind it is 🤔
He didn’t give it to anybody in 1938 since he died in 1926.
I'm related to Abraham Lincoln and son by Owens side
That’s fascinating. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂
Who owns the house now?
A group of local residents formed a non-profit group called “Friends of Hildene” and purchased the property in 1978.
How did his family line end?
@@aprince4u As I understand it, none of Abraham Lincoln’s 3 great-grandchildren (Lincoln Isham, Mary (Peggy) Lincoln Beckwith, or Robert Lincoln Beckwith) had children. Robert was the last of those to pass away, and that was in 1985.
Spectacular
Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it 🙂
Wow, I didn't know he was connected to the Pullman Co.
Visiting Hildene has made me curious to learn more about Robert and Mary, and the entire family.
louder please thank you
I’m sorry if the audio was not loud/clear enough.
Im confused _ Robert also married a Mary?
Yes. Mary Todd Lincoln was his mother. Mary Harlan Lincoln was his wife.
Let's see more of this treasure??¿
@@rodgerdalelawless5942 I will try to show more in the future. Thank you for watching!
Interesting
I've been there
@@janicegilbert4029 I hope you enjoyed your visit! Thanks for watching 🙂
Is his son alive today
Robert passed away a while ago. In fact, the last descendant in that family line passed away in 1985. Thank you for watching!
@@exploringwithrobert465; What determines that "descendant" family line? May I ask.
What I’m clumsily trying to say is that as of 1985, Abe no longer has any living descendants.
@@exploringwithrobert465 you said it perfectly in the video
For a what sake this Lincoln son desperately needed such palace?
Apparently he found it very peaceful in the Vermont countryside. I think it was a place where he could conduct business while still being slightly removed with his family.
The son of Abraham Lincoln AND Mary Todd Lincoln.😊
Yes, please forgive me for not giving more attention to Mary Todd Lincoln 😊.
Have you read a bio of Mary ? ...a very difficult woman her whole life.
@ericbursey6950 She went to the hospitals during the war to visit the patients. I think women, especially famous women, often get short shrift - the good that they do is taken for granted while the bad lives on and on. She lost two children, she suffered a traumatic brain injury, her husband was murdered as he sat beside her AND she was prevented by the men around Lincoln from being present as he was dying because she wasn't behaving the way THEY thought she should.
Abe died April 15 1865.
Tragically, yes. Thank you for watching, and for your comment 🙂
Yeah.. We all know that.
Perhaps Frump should visit here and learn about our history…
I should have been a historian because I love all presidential history.
Thank you.😊
Btw. I can actually see servants and others as you go into room to room.
I can actually see all what appears to be plantation workers ie. slaves on the outside.
I have the gift.
Presidential history can sure be interesting. And as far as servants working at the home in Manchester, I believe, if I recall correctly, there was a staff of 15. Thanks for watching 🙂
This is in Vermont. No slaves worked there SMH 🙄
Was his mother in an asylum while he lived here?
I am nowhere near an expert on this, but looking at the dates, it seems Mary Todd Lincoln had passed away before Robert and his wife, Mary, moved to Manchester.
@@exploringwithrobert465 Thank you.
Sorry. Robert Lincoln tried to commit his own mother because she was depressed after all the tragedies she endured. Hopefully his children turned out better than him.
Thank you for watching, and commenting. 🙂
The place is too big for one family. Would be better as a hotel.
It could accommodate a good number of people. Thanks for watching.
that was a nasty tease.
I have now uploaded footage from inside the train if you would like to see that. I should’ve included it in the original video.
How was Abraham Lincolns son able to afford this magnificent home? Did he grift from the civil war?
watch and listen to the video