The privately owned park was opened to the public in 1876 and remains still today. The park is operated by the Trustees of the Bowen Family Trust under the will of Henry C. Bowen. Mr. Bowen was a Woodstock native who became an influential New York merchant, publisher, abolitionist and philanthropist. He spent his summers in a retreat he built on Woodstock Hill. The house is called Roseland Cottage, or "The Pink House." It is now maintained by Historic New England.



