Editing Mohonk Mountain House (section)

==Notable guests==
[[File:Mohonk_Mountain_House_2011_Water_Fountain_FRD_2977.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Water fountain]]

Mohonk Mountain House has hosted many famous visitors including industrialist [[John D. Rockefeller]], financier [[Charles A. Schmutz]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=1974-10-14|title=Charles A. Schmutz, 74, Dies; Ex-Head of Standard & Poor's (Published 1974)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/14/archives/charles-a-schmutz-74-dies-exhead-of-standard-poors.html|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209022327/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/14/archives/charles-a-schmutz-74-dies-exhead-of-standard-poors.html|url-status=live}}</ref> naturalist [[John Burroughs]], industrialist [[Andrew Carnegie]], prolific author [[Isaac Asimov]],<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Asimov|first1=Isaac|last2=Asimov|first2=Janet|date=1987-12-20|title=ISAAC ASIMOV'S JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1987/12/20/isaac-asimovs-journey-into-the-unknown/3952beba-2efd-4d17-9ae3-8740d7af59be/|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226200051/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1987/12/20/isaac-asimovs-journey-into-the-unknown/3952beba-2efd-4d17-9ae3-8740d7af59be/|url-status=live}}</ref> and American presidents [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], [[Chester A. Arthur]], [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[William Howard Taft]] and [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name=mitchell>Mitchell, Paula Ann.[http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20130127/destinations-mohonk-mountain-house-a-castle-like-no-other-video-interactive-slideshow "DESTINATIONS: Mohonk Mountain House a castle like no other"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517132644/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20130127/destinations-mohonk-mountain-house-a-castle-like-no-other-video-interactive-slideshow |date=2014-05-17 }}. ''[[Daily Freeman]]''. January 27, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.ulsterchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/January-30-2014-Mohonk-marks-145-years-in-2014-Customer-service-a-touchstone-for-venerable-resort.pdf "Mohonk marks 145 years in 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114040/http://www.ulsterchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/January-30-2014-Mohonk-marks-145-years-in-2014-Customer-service-a-touchstone-for-venerable-resort.pdf |date=2014-05-17 }}. Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce. January 30, 2014.</ref>  Guests have also included actor [[Alan Alda]],<ref>{{cite news |title='Makeover at Mohonk' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/travel/24mohonk.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=24 February 2006 |access-date=13 May 2020 |last1=Foderaro |first1=Lisa W. |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021130514/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/travel/24mohonk.html |url-status=live }}</ref> former First Lady [[Julia Grant]], author [[Thomas Mann]], and religious leaders such as Theologian [[Lyman Abbott]], Rabbi [[Louis Finkelstein]], Reverend [[Ralph W. Sockman]], Reverend [[Francis Edward Clark]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/J24-2009 | title=Resolution J24-2009: Congratulating the Mohonk Mountain House upon the occasion of celebrating its 140th Anniversary | publisher=New York State Legislature | date=13 January 2009 | access-date=27 March 2014 | archive-date=28 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328012235/http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/J24-2009 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[`Abdu'l-Bahá]], the eldest son of [[Baháʼí Faith]] founder [[Bahá'u'lláh]], stayed there in 1912 during the [[Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration]] as part of [[`Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West|his journeys to the West.]]<ref>{{cite book | title = Report of the annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration | publisher = Harvard University | year = 1912 | location = Lake Mohonk | pages = [https://archive.org/details/reportstdannual09unkngoog/page/n46 42]–44 | url = https://archive.org/details/reportstdannual09unkngoog }}</ref> [[William James Roe II]] described the resort as a "palace of peace" after his stay there, writing an article of the same name, published in [[Harper's Magazine|Harper's]] ''Young People''.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} Actor Kevin Bacon has also stayed at the resort.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}  [[Dee Snider]] of [[Twisted Sister]] fame often enjoys vacations at Mohonk with his family.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

[[Ada Louise Huxtable]], an architectural critic for ''[[The New York Times]]'', also visited the resort, calling it "unspoiled" and praising its ability to capture the [[picturesque]] and [[Sublime (philosophy)|sublime]]. She singled out the Lake Parlor and Lake Lounge as "notably good".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huxtable |first1=Ada Louise |title=If It's Good, Leave It Alone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/31/archives/if-its-good-leave-it-alone.html |work=New York Times |date=October 31, 1971}}</ref>