Eustatia
Encyclopedia
Eustatia is a brick house overlooking the Hudson River
in Beacon
, New York
, USA. Located on Monell Place in the northwestern corner of the city, it is a rare survival in Beacon of a cottage
in the Victorian Gothic
style.
It was built in 1867 to designs by Frederick Clarke Withers
for his friend John Monell (after whom today's street is named), a New York state judge. Monell had recently married Caroline DeWindt Downing, widow of the influential Newburgh
architect Andrew Jackson Downing
, with whom Withers had worked. They built the house on property deeded to them by her father, John DeWindt, near her family's own cottage
.
Withers' design was heavily influenced by the sketches and design ideas of his mentor Downing, and appeared eight years later in an edition of Downing's popular Cottage Residences, among many other plans Withers had added. It retains the form and reserve of many of Downing's designs, but adds the "polychromatic enrichment" of the Ruskinian gothic styles Withers was beginning to explore. A garden next to the house remains as originally planned, and the interior retains many period details such as a tiled marble
entry floor and dark walnut
moldings.
Its original form and appearance have remained largely intact since its construction despite subsequent changes in ownership and the addition of modern utilities. In 1979 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
.
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
in Beacon
Beacon, New York
Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The 2010 census placed the city total population at 15,541. Beacon is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport,...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA. Located on Monell Place in the northwestern corner of the city, it is a rare survival in Beacon of a cottage
Cottage
__toc__In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. However there are cottage-style dwellings in cities, and in places such as Canada the term exists with no connotations of size at all...
in the Victorian Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style.
It was built in 1867 to designs by Frederick Clarke Withers
Frederick Clarke Withers
Frederick Clarke Withers was an successful English architect in America, especially renowned for his Gothic Revival church designs.-Biography:...
for his friend John Monell (after whom today's street is named), a New York state judge. Monell had recently married Caroline DeWindt Downing, widow of the influential Newburgh
Newburgh (city), New York
Newburgh is a city located in Orange County, New York, United States, north of New York City, and south of Albany, on the Hudson River. Newburgh is a principal city of the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown metropolitan area, which includes all of Dutchess and Orange counties. The Newburgh area was...
architect Andrew Jackson Downing
Andrew Jackson Downing
Andrew Jackson Downing was an American landscape designer, horticulturalist, and writer, a prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival style in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine...
, with whom Withers had worked. They built the house on property deeded to them by her father, John DeWindt, near her family's own cottage
Bogardus-DeWindt House
The Bogardus-DeWindt House is located on Tompkins Avenue, a short distance west of NY 9D, in Beacon, New York, United States. It typifies the houses built in the region between 1750 and 1830, and has largely remained in its original form even as newer housing has been built in the...
.
Withers' design was heavily influenced by the sketches and design ideas of his mentor Downing, and appeared eight years later in an edition of Downing's popular Cottage Residences, among many other plans Withers had added. It retains the form and reserve of many of Downing's designs, but adds the "polychromatic enrichment" of the Ruskinian gothic styles Withers was beginning to explore. A garden next to the house remains as originally planned, and the interior retains many period details such as a tiled marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
entry floor and dark walnut
Walnut
Juglans is a plant genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are known as walnuts. They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meters tall , with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres long , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts , but not the hickories...
moldings.
Its original form and appearance have remained largely intact since its construction despite subsequent changes in ownership and the addition of modern utilities. In 1979 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.