Pakatakan Artists Colony Historic District
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Pakatakan Artists Colony Historic District is a national historic district
located at Arkville
in Delaware County, New York
. The district contains 33 contributing buildings and two contributing structures. It consists of a small mountainside collection of studios and residences clustered about the original Pakatakan Inn. It is associated with the Catskill Mountain School of landscape artists and is an extremely well preserved collection of unusual Shingle Style
and other wood frame seasonal buildings. Among those associated with the colony are Alexander Helwig Wyant
(1836–1892), J. Francis Murphy (1853-?), and Edward Lloyd Field (1856–1914).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1989.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Arkville
Middletown, Delaware County, New York
Middletown is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 4,051 at the 2000 census.The Town of Middletown is in the southeast part of the county.- History :...
in Delaware County, New York
Delaware County, New York
Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2010 the population was 47,980. The county seat is Delhi. It is named after the Delaware River, which was named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, appointed governor of Virginia in 1609.-History:When counties...
. The district contains 33 contributing buildings and two contributing structures. It consists of a small mountainside collection of studios and residences clustered about the original Pakatakan Inn. It is associated with the Catskill Mountain School of landscape artists and is an extremely well preserved collection of unusual Shingle Style
Shingle Style architecture
The Shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture....
and other wood frame seasonal buildings. Among those associated with the colony are Alexander Helwig Wyant
Alexander Helwig Wyant
Alexander Helwig Wyant, was born January 11, 1836, in Ohio - and he died November 29, 1892 in New York, New York. He was an American landscape painter. Also known as Alexander Wyant, A. H. Wyant, he was active as an artist in Arkville, New York, and Keene Valley, New York among other...
(1836–1892), J. Francis Murphy (1853-?), and Edward Lloyd Field (1856–1914).
It was listed on 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...
in 1989.