ALDER MANOR
yonkers | new york
Journal
The history of Alder Manor, guides to planning a wedding, a company event or a shoot here, and real events at the house as they happen.
LatestPlanning guide
Twelve questions to put to any mansion or estate wedding venue near New York City before you sign, from the rain plan and the music hours to vendor rules, load-in, insurance and the contract, with what a good answer sounds like.
The house
Alder Manor is a Renaissance Revival mansion in Yonkers, New York, completed in 1912 for a mining financier from Montana and designed by Carrère & Hastings, the architects of the New York Public Library. How it got its name, what happened to it over a century, and how to see it today.
Planning guide
A smaller wedding does not need a smaller setting. How to plan an estate wedding in Westchester with a shorter guest list: choosing rooms that fit, the shape of the evening, the dates that work in your favor, and what to ask on a tour.
Planning guide
Alder Manor stands on the bluffs above the Hudson River, with the Palisades across the water. When the evening light is best in each season, how to time the ceremony and portraits around sunset, and what to ask on a tour.
Company event
How to plan a company holiday party or gala in a historic Westchester mansion: when to ask for dates, how guests move through the rooms, music after 10 pm, parking and shuttles for a larger group, and a seated dinner under carved ceilings.
On set
Alder Manor, a 1912 Carrère & Hastings mansion in Yonkers, has appeared in A Beautiful Mind, Mona Lisa Smile, Boardwalk Empire, Mr. Robot and Inventing Anna. What the house offers on camera, and how a production works here: permits, insurance, power, parking and protecting the house.
Weddings · Corporate · Events · Productions
The house is private: it opens for weddings, private celebrations, company events and productions, and tours are by appointment.