Olana is a masterpiece created by Frederic Edwin Church, one of the most renowned American artists of the Hudson River School. The stone, brick, and polychrome stenciled Persian-style villa is the best known element of Olana, in Hudson, New York. Church designed "the castle" as the family home for his wife and four children. The exotically furnished interior remains as it was during Church's lifetime, decorated with an eclectic mixture reflecting Church's aesthetic sense, objects from Church's extensive travels, and paintings by the artist and his friends.
