Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex

The house was built by Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, , on a portion of what had been the family's 875,000-acre New York estate near Poughkeepsie. The interior features a pair of octagonal chambers and features 12-foot ceilings. Later ownership In the latter part of the 19th century, Clifford Miller and his family, bought the home and were responsible for the 1920s addition where they held dances, as well as creating the vast gardens, fish ponds, and landscaping the property with specimen trees. They wrote several films in the house and edited some in the apple barn on the property. Since acquiring the home, Ivory has painstakingly restored it, guided by Jeremiah Rusconi, a Hudson Valley historical expert (and a BAFTA nominee). Ivory hosted several actors from his films at the home, including Christopher Reeve, Madeleine Potter, Julian Sands, Helena Bonham Carter, Gwyneth Paltrow, Thandie Newton, Wallace Shawn, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Eartha Kitt, and Madhur Jaffrey. In 1982, the home and surrounding estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places. ==Architectural drawings==

Drawings of the residence, from the Historic American Buildings Survey at the Library of Congress: File:Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia County, NY HABS NY,11-CLAV,2- (sheet 6 of 14).tif|North elevation. File:Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia County, NY HABS NY,11-CLAV,2- (sheet 4 of 14).tif|South elevation. File:Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia County, NY HABS NY,11-CLAV,2- (sheet 5 of 14).png|East and west elevation. File:Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia County, NY HABS NY,11-CLAV,2- (sheet 2 of 14).png|First floor plan. File:Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia County, NY HABS NY,11-CLAV,2- (sheet 3 of 14).png|Second floor plan. ==Interior photographs==

File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Hanns P. Weber, Photographer Mar. 1934, DETAIL VIEW OF MAIN STAIRS. - Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia County, NY HABS NY,11-CLAV,2-5.tif|Main staircase, Mar. 1934. File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Hanns P. Weber, Photographer Mar. 1934, DETAIL OF MANTLE (LIBRARY - WEST WALL). - Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia HABS NY,11-CLAV,2-8.tif|Library, Mar. 1934. File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Hanns P. Weber, Photographer Mar. 1934, DETAIL OF MANTLE(BREAKFAST R'M-WEST WALL). - Clifford Miller House, State Route 23, Claverack, Columbia HABS NY,11-CLAV,2-10.tif|Breakfast room, Mar. 1934. File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Hanns P. Weber, Photographer Mar. 1934, DETAIL OF MANTLE(FRONT BEDROOMS - 1 and - 2 EAST and WEST WALLS). - Clifford Miller House, State Route HABS NY,11-CLAV,2-9.tif|Front bedroom, Mar. 1934. File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Hanns P. Weber, Photographer Mar. 1934, DETAIL OF MANTLE(DRAWING and RECEPTION R'MS EAST and WEST WALLS). - Clifford Miller House, State Route HABS NY,11-CLAV,2-6.tif|Drawing/reception room, Mar. 1934. ==References==