Lindenwald is the Federalist style mansion built by Peter Van Ness outside of the town of Kinderhook, NY in 1797.  In 1839 it was bought by Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States and native of Kinderhook.  President Van Buren retired to the Lindenwald estate and lived there until his death in 1862.

The mansion has changed hands several times since then.  At one time, during the 1940's, it was a private nursing home where my mother, when she was in her teens, worked as a laundress.  During the 1960's, it was owned by Mr. Campbell, who ran an antique shop out of the single, surviving gatehouse.