LYNDHURST
Mansion — Tarrytown, New York
Status: Historic site · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/lyndhurst-tarrytown-new-york/

The Hudson Valley’s Gothic Revival masterpiece—where Dark Shadows filmed.

Lyndhurst is a mansion in Tarrytown, New York. The Hudson Valley’s Gothic Revival masterpiece—where Dark Shadows filmed. The archive files it under gothic, local folklore and haunted places. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.

Lyndhurst is the folly — the 'Paulding's' that's the critics' jeer, the 'pointed style' that's the Gothic's name. The 'three held' is the passed — the 'Paulding Merritt Gould' that's the owners' line, the 'doubled '64' that's the Davis's return. The 'Gould escaped' is the rested — the 'summer' that's the tycoon's use, the 'tuberculosis' that's the health's drive.
The 'greenhouse burned' is the rebuilt — the 'Lord Burnham' that's the maker's move, the 'Tiffany windows' that's the inside's glass. The 'daughters kept' is the held — the 'Helen Anna' that's the heirs' care, the 'changed little' that's the house's keep. Lyndhurst is the finest — the 'Gothic Revival' that's the style's peak, the 'Hudson looks' that's the river's frame.
The file keeps Lyndhurst: the folly proved, the three owners, the rested tycoon, and the kept daughters.
Lyndhurst is the archive's New York file — the folly that became the Gothic's finest.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Lyndhurst is the archive's New York file — the 'folly' that outlasted its critics.
A castle keeps its makers — the file's suggestion being that Lyndhurst's hold is the passed: the 'three families' that's the ownership's line, the 'Davis returned' that's the architect's keep, and the 'folly proved' that's the critics' wrong.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Local folklore] apparition: Reported a presence in the halls and the bowling alley. Lyndhurst wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.
  source: Lyndhurst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndhurst_(mansion))

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The Gothic expansion dates to 1865; Gould owned it. Lyndhurst's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Lyndhurst'. The record keeps it — history, not lore. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Lyndhurst — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndhurst_(mansion)

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