Hudson Highlands Multiple Resource Area
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The Hudson Highlands Multiple Resource Area is a Multiple Property Submission study supporting multiple listings in 1982 to the United States National Register of Historic Places
. It originally included 58 properties spread over the counties of Dutchess
, Putnam
, Westchester
, Orange
and Rockland
.
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...
. It originally included 58 properties spread over the counties of Dutchess
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...
, Putnam
Putnam County, New York
Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the lower Hudson River Valley. Putnam county formed in 1812, when it detached from Dutchess County. , the population was 99,710. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The county seat is the hamlet of Carmel...
, Westchester
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
, Orange
Orange County, New York
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located at the northern reaches of the New York metropolitan area. The county sits in the state's scenic Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley...
and Rockland
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...
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Properties
- Amelia Barr HouseAmelia Barr HouseThe Amelia Barr House, also known as Cherry Croft, is located on Mountain Road in Cornwall on Hudson, a village in Orange County, New York, USA. It is on the slopes of Storm King Mountain, near Storm King School...
, Cornwall-on-Hudson - Bannerman's Island Arsenal, FishkillFishkill, New YorkFishkill is an upscale village within the much larger town, Town of Fishkill, one of the fastest growing towns in the region, in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The village population was 1,735 at the 2000 census...
- Bear Mountain BridgeBear Mountain BridgeThe Bear Mountain Bridge is a toll suspension bridge in New York State, carrying U.S. Highways 202 and 6 across the Hudson River between Rockland and Westchester counties...
CortlandtCortlandt, New YorkCortlandt is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census.The Town of Cortlandt is in the northwest part of the county...
and Stony PointStony Point, New YorkStony Point is a triangle-shaped town in Rockland County, United States. Rockland County is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The town is located north of the town of Haverstraw, east and south of Orange County, New York, and west of the Hudson River and Westchester County. The population... - Bear Mountain Bridge RoadBear Mountain Bridge RoadBear Mountain Bridge Road is a three-mile , two-lane section of US 6/202 from the west approach to Bear Mountain Bridge to a former toll house in the Town of Cortlandt, New York, United States. It winds around the steep, rocky slopes of Anthony's Nose, the southernmost peak of the Hudson Highlands...
and Toll House - Bear Mountain State ParkBear Mountain State ParkBear Mountain State Park is located on the west side of the Hudson River in Orange and Rockland counties of New York. The park offers biking, hiking, boating, picnicking, swimming, cross-country skiing, cross-country running, sledding and ice skating...
Historic District - Camp OlmstedCamp Olmsted (New York)Camp Olmsted is a summer camping facility in Cornwall on Hudson, New York, operated by the Five Points Mission, a Methodist organization. It is located along Bayview Avenue, NY 218, near Storm King Mountain....
, Cornwall-on-Hudson - Church of the Holy InnocentsChurch of the Holy Innocents (Highland Falls, New York)The Church of the Holy Innocents is located on Main Street in Highland Falls, New York, USA, not far from the main gate of the United States Military Academy and right across from the West Point Museum. It is an Episcopal church, established in 1841...
and Rectory, Highland FallsHighland Falls, New YorkHighland Falls, formerly named Buttermilk Falls, is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,678 at the 2000 census. The village was founded in 1906... - Cragston DependenciesCragston DependenciesCragston Dependencies is a group of historic buildings located at Highlands in Orange County, New York. They were built about 1860 as part of the Cragston estate of J. P. Morgan . They consist of a house, barn, well, carriage house, and stable in the Carpenter Gothic style.It was listed on the...
, Highland Falls - Cold Spring Cemetery GatehouseCold Spring Cemetery GatehouseThe Cold Spring Cemetery Gatehouse is located along Peekshill Road in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is a cut granite Gothic Revival cottage built in 1862, one of the earliest uses of that style in the Hudson Highlands...
, NelsonvilleNelsonville, New YorkNelsonville is a Hudson Highlands village located in the Town of Philipstown in Putnam County, New York. The population was 565 at the time of the 2000 census.The Village of Nelsonville is directly east of the Village of Cold Spring... - Cold Spring Historic DistrictCold Spring Historic DistrictThe Cold Spring Historic District includes much of the central area of the Hudson River village of the same name in Putnam County, New York. It is roughly bounded by Main Street , Cedar and Fair streets and Paulding Avenue.It gives Cold Spring its quaint character and has been described as "one of...
, Cold SpringCold Spring, New YorkCold Spring is a village located in the Town of Philipstown in Putnam County, New York. The population was 1,983 at the 2000 census. It borders the smaller village of Nelsonville... - Deer HillDeer Hill (Cornwall, New York)Deer Hill is a historic home located at Cornwall in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1875 and is a 2-story, frame dwelling with clapboard siding in the Italianate style. Also on the property is a -story clapboard barn....
, Cornwall-on-Hudson - Dutchess ManorDutchess ManorDutchess Manor is a restaurant located along NY 9D in the Town of Fishkill, New York, United States, between the city of Beacon and Breakneck Ridge...
, Fishkill - Dragon Rock, GarrisonGarrison, New YorkGarrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Philipstown and is on the east side of the Hudson River, across from the United States Military Academy at West Point...
- Eagle's RestSaint Basil Academy (Garrison, New York)Saint Basil Academy is a residential school for at-risk students run by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Garrison, New York, United States...
, Garrison - Fair LawnFair Lawn (Cold Spring, New York)Fair Lawn is a house located off NY 9D just south of Cold Spring, New York, United States. It was designed by the painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter, who moved into it for the last decade of his life.Subsequent owners modified the house slightly...
, Cold Spring - First Baptist Church of Cold SpringFirst Baptist Church of Cold Spring (Nelsonville, New York)The Church on the hill, Cold Spring Baptist Church is located just outside that village on Main Street in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is the oldest church in the town of Philipstown, which includes both villages, and has been in use continually since its 1833 construction...
, Nelsonville - First Presbyterian Church of Highland FallsFirst Presbyterian Church of Highland FallsThe United Methodist Church of the Highlands, originally First Presbyterian Church of Highland Falls, is located on Main Street in Highland Falls New York, United States. It is a Frederick Clarke Withers building from the 1860s in the Romanesque Revival architectural style.It was the first church...
, Highland Falls - Fish and Fur ClubFish and Fur ClubThe original Fish and Fur Club building is at Main and Pearl Streets in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is now used as Nelsonville's village hall. In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places ....
, Nelsonville - Garrison Landing Historic DistrictGarrison Landing Historic DistrictThe Garrison Landing Historic District, also known as Garrison's Landing, is a small commercial and residential area located between what is now the Metro-North Hudson Line and the Hudson River in Garrison, New York, United States. Its buildings were mostly erected in the 1850s, around the time the...
, Garrison - Garrison Union Free SchoolGarrison Union Free SchoolGarrison Union Free School, also referred to as just Garrison School, educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade in the eponymous school district, which covers the hamlet of Garrison and nearby areas of the towns of Philipstown and Putnam Valley in Putnam County, New York, United...
, Garrison - Gatehouse on Deerhill RoadGatehouse on Deerhill RoadThe Gatehouse on Deerhill Road is located on that street in the village of Cornwall on Hudson, New York, United States. It is a one-and-a-half-story stucco building in the Norman style with a tiled roof and three-story tower, with balcony. The east facade has an entrance pavilionIt was originally...
, Cornwall-on-Hudson - GlenfieldsGlenfields (Philipstown, New York)Glenfields, the former Archibald Gracie King House, is located on Old Manitou Road, a short distance from NY 9D, south of Garrison in the Town of Philipstown, New York, United States...
, Garrison - Highland Falls Railroad DepotHighland Falls Railroad DepotThe Highland Falls Railroad Depot in Highland Falls, New York, is a former West Shore Railroad train station built in the 1880s. It was later used by the New York Central Railroad...
, Highland Falls - Highland Falls Village HallHighland Falls Village HallThe Highland Falls Village Hall is located on Main Street in Highland Falls, New York, United States. It is a three story Italianate-style brick buildings erected about 1894.Originally it housed a bank for many years. It became the village hall in 1967...
, Highland Falls - House at 116 Main StreetHouse at 116 Main StreetThe house at 365 Main Street, formerly 116 Main Street in Highland Falls, New York, United States, is an Italian Villa style building dating to the mid-19th century. It may have originally been built as the rectory for the nearby Church of the Holy Innocents.It is considered the most accomplished...
, Highland Falls - House at 249 Main StreetHouse at 249 Main StreetThe house at 249 Main Street , Nelsonville, New York, United States was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as part of the Hudson Highlands Multiple Resource Area...
, Nelsonville - House at 3 Crown StreetHouse at 3 Crown StreetThe house at 3 Crown Street in Nelsonville, New York, United States is located at the corner of Crown, a short side street, and Secor Street. It is a 19th-century brick home that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as "the finest mid-century Italianate structure in the...
, Nelsonville - House at 37 Center StreetHouse at 37 Center StreetThe house at 20 Center Street, formerly 37 Center Street, in Highland Falls, New York, United States is a frame house built in the mid-19th century in the Greek Revival architectural style....
, Highland Falls - Hurst-Pierrepont EstateHurst-Pierrepont EstateHurst-Pierrepont Estate is a historic estate located at Garrison in Putnam County, New York. It was designed by noted architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Edwards Pierrepont and built in 1867. It is a two story brick Gothic villa. It features a four story, flat roofed tower...
, Garrison - Hustis HouseHustis HouseThe Hustis House is located on Main Street in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is a small home built sometime in the middle of the 19th century, likely as housing for workers at the West Point Foundry in nearby Cold Spring...
, Nelsonville - H. D. Champlin & Son Horseshoeing and WagonmakingH. D. Champlin & Son Horseshoeing and WagonmakingThe H. D. Champlin & Son Horseshoeing and Wagonmaking shop building is located on Main Street in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is a typical commercial structure for a common business of the late 19th century that survives in good condition...
, Nelsonville - J. Y. Dykman Flour and Feed StoreJ. Y. Dykman Flour and Feed StoreThe J.Y. Dykman Flour and Feed Store is located on Main Street in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is a brick building that today houses a small delicatessen and some apartments in its upper stories...
, Nelsonville - J. Y. Dykman StoreJ. Y. Dykman StoreThe J.Y. Dykman Store is located at Main and Pearl streets in the village of Nelsonville, New York, United States, across from the Fish and Fur Club, now the village hall. Like that building, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is currently an antique map store.It...
, Nelsonville - LeDoux/Healey HouseLeDoux/Healey HouseThe LeDoux/Healey House is located on Deer Hill Road in Cornwall on Hudson, New York, United States. It was built around 1890 for a daughter of Lyman Abbott who was a summer resident of the area. It is considered a good example of the Shingle style and was renovated and expanded by later owners...
, Cornwall-on-Hudson - Mandeville HouseMandeville HouseThe Mandeville House is located on Lower Station Road in Garrison, New York, United States, just west of its intersection with NY 9D and 403. It is the oldest extant house in that community, dating to 1735....
, Garrison - MontrestMontrestMontrest is a house on Lane Gate Road outside Nelsonville, New York, United States. It was built after the Civil War as a summer residence by Aaron Healy, a successful New York art dealer, to take advantage of panoramic views of the Hudson River and surrounding mountains of the Highlands.Eventually...
, Cold Spring - Moore HouseMoore House (Garrison, New York)Moore House is a historic home located at Garrison in Putnam County, New York. It was built about 1860 and is a modest two family, -story frame farm workers residence.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982....
, Garrison - Mount Beacon Incline RailwayMount Beacon Incline RailwayThe Mount Beacon Incline Railway was a popular tourist attraction in Beacon, New York, USA, and the neighboring Town of Fishkill. It operated for much of the 20th century, providing sweeping views of the Hudson Valley and efforts continue to restore it today....
, BeaconBeacon, New YorkBeacon 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,... - Normandy GrangeNormandy GrangeNormandy Grange is located along NY 9D north of Garrison, New York, United States. It is a Norman-style house and farm complex built in the early 20th century....
, Garrison - Old Albany Post RoadOld Albany Post RoadOld Albany Post Road is a dirt road in Philipstown, New York, one of the oldest unpaved roads still in use in the United States. It runs mostly north-south through the southeastern corner of the town, near the Putnam Valley town line...
, Philipstown - OulagisketOulagisketOulagisket, also known as the Sloan Estate, is a historic estate located at Philipstown in Putnam County, New York. It consists of the main house and carriage house , superintendent's cottage , barns , and carpenter's shop . The main house is a -story stuccoed masonry building in the Italianate...
, Garrison - Parry HouseParry House (Highland Falls, New York)Parry House is a historic home located at Highland Falls in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1860 and is a two story frame dwelling on a brick foundation. It features a slate mansard roof with concave or bell cast sides in the Second Empire style....
, Highland Falls - Pine TerracePine TerracePine Terrace is a historic home located at Highland Falls in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1865 and is a two story brick building with a central three story pavilion. It features a slate mansard roof with a wooden bracketed cornice in the Second Empire style. It was converted to...
, Highland Falls - PlumbushPlumbushPlumbush is the former house and farm of Robert Parker Parrott, the inventor of the Parrott gun. It is located at the junction of NY 9D and Peekshill Road south of Cold Spring, New York, United States....
, Cold Spring - River View HouseRiver View HouseRiver View House is a historic home located at Cornwall in Orange County, New York. It was built between 1850 and 1860 and is a two story, five bay frame dwelling. It features a center projecting bay and refined Italianate / Carpenter Gothic style details. Also on the property is a cottage.It was...
, Cornwall-on-Hudson - Rock Lawn and Carriage HouseRock Lawn and Carriage HouseRock Lawn and Carriage House is a historic home and carriage house located at Garrison in Putnam County, New York. It was built in 1852–1853 and is a 2-story brick building with a low hipped roof and sandstone moldings and beltcourses. The projecting central bay has a gable roof, a decorative...
, Garrison - St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchSt. Mark's Episcopal Church (Fort Montgomery, New York)St. Mark's Episcopal Church is located on US 9W in the hamlet of Fort Montgomery, New York, United States. It is a small building in the Tudorbethan architectural style, with random stone and lancet stained glass windows on either side....
, Fort MontgomeryFort Montgomery, New YorkFort Montgomery is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 1,418 at the 2000 census... - St. Philip's Church in the HighlandsSt. Philip's Church in the HighlandsSt. Philip's Church in the Highlands is an Episcopal church located on New York State Route 9D in the hamlet of Garrison, New York, United States. It is a stone Gothic Revival building designed by Richard Upjohn, a congregant of the church, opened in 1865....
, Garrison - StonihurstStonihurstStonihurst is a historic estate located at Highland Falls in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1880 and is a two story clapboard structure on a brick foundation with Gothic style details. Also on the property is a two story board and batten barn, gatehouse, and gazebo.It was listed on the...
, Highland Falls - Storm King HighwayStorm King HighwayThe Storm King Highway is a three-mile segment of NY 218 between Lee Road in the Town of Highlands at the south end and the Cornwall-on-Hudson village line in Orange County, New York, United States...
, Cornwall and HighlandsHighlands, New YorkHighlands is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 12,484 at the 2000 census.The Town of Highlands is on the eastern border of the county.... - The BirchesThe Birches (Garrison, New York)The Birches is a house at the southeast corner of the junction of NY 9D and 403 in the hamlet of Garrison, New York, United States. It was built for William Osborn, as part of his nearby Wing & Wing estate, by architect Ralph Adams Cram in the Gothic Revival architectural style.In 1982 it was added...
, Garrison - The SquirrelsThe Squirrels (Highland Falls, New York)The Squirrels is a historic estate located at Highland Falls in Orange County, New York. It was built about 1845 and is a two story frame and clapboard structure with a multi-gabled roof. A two story frame wing was added to the original farmhouse about 1856 and the house redesigned by noted...
, Highland Falls - Walker HouseWalker House (Garrison, New York)The Walker House in Garrison, New York, United States, is located on Cat Rock Road . It is a large Queen Anne style house.It was built in 1890 by railroad magnate Sam Sloan, whose own estate was nearby, as a wedding gift to his daughter...
, Garrison - Walter Thompson House, Garrison
- Webb Lane HouseWebb Lane HouseWebb Lane House is a historic home located at Highland Falls in Orange County, New York. It was built in 1903 and is a two story brick and stucco dwelling with a hipped roof and deep overhang supported by massive paired brackets. It features an engaged three story tower and a porch supported by...
, Highland Falls - Wilson HouseWilson House (Garrison, New York)The Wilson House in Garrison, New York, United States is located at a bend in Lower Station Road just uphill from Garrison Landing and the train station at the Hudson River, and downhill from Mandeville House and the Garrison Grist Mill Historic District. Records suggest it was built sometime...
, Garrison - WoodlawnWoodlawn (Garrison, New York)Woodlawn is a former estate house overlooking the Hudson River in Garrison, New York, United States. It was designed in the mid-19th century by Richard Upjohn, who resided in the area for the last years of his life....
, Garrison