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Ages: Adult Cost: $61, includes tour fees Instructors: Liz Braidwood-Fulmer, Recreation Program Coordinator and Laura Bush, Principal Park Naturalist This National & Historic Landmark, Rutherfurd Hall “Big House” was designed by famed architect Whitney Warren, who designed Grand Central Station in NY City. The 18,000 square foot Tudor country home was built in 1904. Since early US history, the family has had a positive impact on this region. We will hear stories about how the local food production, hunts, animal breeding, boating, horseback riding, and hiking filled one’s days. At the Stickley Museum learn how Gustav Stickley was a visionary spokesman for the American Arts and Crafts movement. His furniture designs in the late 1800s were a radical departure from the furniture of the Victorian era. They reflected the Arts and Crafts ideals of simplicity, honesty in construction, and truth to materials. Craftsman Farms exemplifies Stickley’s philosophy of building in harmony with the environment by using natural materials. In 1908 Stickley designed the farm to be self-sufficient. The produce grown on the farm was used in the restaurant operated by Stickley as part of his furniture showroom and department store in Manhattan. We will stop for lunch at a nearby restaurant, Alexis Diner in Denville; lunch is not included in the cost of the trip.