Tuxedo Park, New York

Its name is derived from an indigenous Lenape word of the Munsee language, tucsedo or p'tuxseepu, which is said to mean 'crooked water'[3] or 'crooked river'.

It was brought there by James Brown Potter, who was introduced to the garment, which is called a dinner jacket in England, by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII).

In consequence, a company formed in England and headed by William Alexander, Lord Stirling, acquired a large tract in the neighborhood.

The company built furnaces near Ringwood and opened mines on the Ramapo River near Sterling Lake.

What is now the village and the areas immediately surrounding it were first developed as a private hunting-and-fishing reserve by Pierre Lorillard IV in 1885.

Lorillard IV initially built small cottages, renting or selling them to his friends and family.

This fence fairly accurately marked the present boundaries of the area restricted to use of the residents of Tuxedo Park.

The shingle style cottages Price built at Tuxedo, with their compact massing and axial plans influenced Modernist architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright.

In the years following the Great Depression, however, Tuxedo Park lost many of its socialites and wealthy inhabitants, but attracted a few new ones, as well.

This former ski property is home to the New York Renaissance Festival and various sporting events including Spartan Races.

Also in the Town of Tuxedo is a former International Paper Research Center today owned and occupied by Watchtower Organization.

[2] In 1982 the designation was officially presented to Mrs. Joan Richardsson Alleman, Co-Chairman of the Tuxedo Conservation and Taxpayers Association, at the Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site in nearby Newburgh, NY.

No swimming or power-boating is allowed in Tuxedo Lake in order to retain optimal water quality.

William Kent cottage (1885–86, demolished), Bruce Price , architect
W. Chanler cottage (1885–86), Bruce Price , architect