Film fans may recognise the grounds from movies as varied as Love Story, North By Northwest, TheAgeofInnocence and To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.
In "The AgeofInnocence, " Edith Wharton wrote of turn-of-the-century American society belles stowing away their fresh-from-Paris dresses for at least a season or two, so as to not appear vulgar in New York society.