Sarles' Tavern
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Sarles' Tavern, also known as Granite House, was a historic inn
and tavern
building located at Millwood
, Westchester County, New York
. It was built between 1814 and 1817 and was constructed of locally quarried granite
. It was a two story, rectangular building with a low pitched gable roof in a restrained Greek Revival
style. The building was demolished in 1993 after the interior was consumed by fire; The building was unusable.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1979.
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and tavern
Tavern
A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, and in some cases, where travelers receive lodging....
building located at Millwood
Millwood, New York
Millwood is a hamlet located in the town of New Castle, New York in Westchester County. It was originally settled as Sarlesville. The area now known as Millwood appears on 19th century maps as Merritt's Corners and Rockdale Mills...
, Westchester County, New York
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...
. It was built between 1814 and 1817 and was constructed of locally quarried granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
. It was a two story, rectangular building with a low pitched gable roof in a restrained Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style. The building was demolished in 1993 after the interior was consumed by fire; The building was unusable.
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...
in 1979.