Becker Stone House

Last updated
Becker Stone House
BECKER STONE HOUSE.jpg
USA New York location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Nearest city Schoharie, New York
Coordinates 42°40′22″N74°15′8″W / 42.67278°N 74.25222°W / 42.67278; -74.25222 Coordinates: 42°40′22″N74°15′8″W / 42.67278°N 74.25222°W / 42.67278; -74.25222
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1775
NRHP reference No. 79001630 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1979

Becker Stone House is a historic home located at Schoharie in Schoharie County, New York. It is a two-story, three-bay rectangular block with walls of locally quarried coursed stone and rubble and a gable roof. When originally built between 1772 and 1775, it is reported to have had a gambrel roof. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

Related Research Articles

Schoharie, New York Town in New York, United States

Schoharie is a town in Schoharie County, New York. The population was 3,299 at the 2000 census.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Schoharie County, New York Wikimedia list article

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Schoharie County, New York

Old Stone Fort (Schoharie, New York) United States historic place

Located in the village of Schoharie, Schoharie County New York, the Old Stone Fort was originally built as a Reformed Dutch Church in 1772. With the coming of the American Revolutionary War, the church was enclosed by a log stockade in 1777.

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site United States historic place

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, also known as Erie Canal National Historic Landmark, is a historic district that includes the ruins of the Erie Canal aqueduct over Schoharie Creek, and a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long part of the Erie Canal, in the towns of Glen and Florida within Montgomery County, New York. It was the first part of the old canal to be designated a National Historic Landmark, prior to the designation of the entire New York State Barge Canal as a NHL in 2017.

Lansing Manor House United States historic place

The Lansing Manor House was built in 1819 by John Lansing, Jr. for his daughter and son-in-law, Jacob Livingston Sutherland. John Lansing, Jr. represented New York as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and the state's Ratification Convention in 1788.

Bellinger–Dutton House United States historic place

The Bellinger–Dutton House is a historic house located at 158 River Street in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York.

Dr. Christopher S. Best House and Office United States historic place

Dr. Christopher S. Best House and Office is a historic home in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York. It is a two-story, flat-roofed, frame Italianate dwelling built in 1884. It was enlarged and modified with a series of renovations between 1890 and 1912. It now houses a medical history museum. Also on the property are a frame carriage barn and garage.

Becker–Westfall House United States historic place

Becker–Westfall House, also known as Westfall House, is a historic home and tavern located at Schoharie in Schoharie County, New York, United States. It is a brick structure built in 1784, with a two-story, three-bay rectangular block and a one-story, three-bay wing. Also on the property is a brick smoke house, garage, barn, and a cow stable.

The Colyer House United States historic place

The Colyer House is a historic home located at Schoharie in Schoharie County, New York. It was built about 1795 is a 2-story, five-bay brick Federal-style house, with a ​1 12-story kitchen wing. Minor alterations were made during the Greek Revival period. It features a slate gable roof.

Peter A. Hilton House United States historic place

Peter A. Hilton House is a historic home located at Beekman Corners in Schoharie County, New York. It was built about 1799 is a ​2 12-story, five-bay, gable-roofed brick residence in the Federal style. A gable-roofed, ​1 12-story brick kitchen wing projects from the rear. Also on the property is a Dutch barn, horse barn, and pig / sheep barn.

Gallupville House United States historic place

Gallupville House, also known as Old Hall, is a historic hotel located at Gallupville in Schoharie County, New York. It was built in 1872 and is a ​2 12-story wood frame building, with a 1-story porch on the front and a 2-story addition in the rear dated to 1890. It features a hipped tin roof crowned by a large square cupola. It was used as a hotel into the 1920s when it was converted to the I.O.O.F. Hall. It was later used by the local Grange and for town offices.

Schoharie County Courthouse Complex United States historic place

Schoharie County Courthouse Complex is a historic courthouse and county clerk's building located at Schoharie in Schoharie County, New York. The courthouse building was built in 1870 and is a two-story structure above a raised basement structure built of cut limestone block laid random ashlar. It features a shallow hipped roof surmounted by an ornate pyramidal cupola and corner turrets of pressed metal. The county clerk's building is a two-story, hip-roofed, rectangular stone building built of random ashlar limestone in 1914.

Apple Tavern United States historic place

The Apple Tavern in Guilderland, New York was built in 1760. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing included four contributing buildings on a 6.3-acre (2.5 ha) area.

Becker Farmhouse United States historic place

Becker Farmhouse is a historic home located at Duanesburg in Schenectady County, in the U.S. state of New York. It was built about 1850 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a two-story, three-bay frame building with a hipped roof in a combined late Greek Revival / Italianate architecture style. It has a one-story addition with a gable roof. It features a cupola. Also on the property are four barns and two sheds.

Swart House and Tavern United States historic place

Swart House and Tavern is a historic home and tavern located at Glenville in Schenectady County, New York. It consists of a long, 2-story, rectangular gable-roofed structure with a ​1 12-story rear wing. The rear wing was built about 1750 and the building was substantially enlarged about 1792 in the Federal style. Also on the property is a stone masonry smokehouse.

Abraham Sternberg House United States historic place

Abraham Sternberg House is a historic home located at Schoharie in Schoharie County, New York. The house was built about 1790 and is a symmetrically massed, two story masonry building, five bays wide and two bays deep. The brick building is set on a limestone foundation and has a side gable roof. Also on the property is a shed ell that abuts the house, chicken coop, and former barn.

Becker House may refer to:

Terpenning–Johnson House and Cemetery United States historic place

Terpenning–Johnson House and Cemetery is a historic home and family cemetery located at Brooker Hollow, Schoharie County, New York. The main block was built about 1845, and is a two-story, five bay, dwelling with a 1 1/2-story side wing built about 1810. Both sections have gable roofs rest on a stone foundation. Also on the property are the contributing family cemetery with burials dated from 1812 to 1873, garage, workshop, and barn (1840s).

Christian Hess House and Shoemakers Shop United States historic place

Christian Hess House and Shoemaker's Shop, also known as the Christian Hess Homestead and Weaver House, is a historic home and commercial building located at Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York. The house was built about 1783, and is a 1 1/2-story, banked, timber frame dwelling in a traditional New World Dutch style. A wing was added in 1977. Also on the property is a small shoemaker's shop, built about 1805. It is an "L"-shaped building with a gable roof.

Edward Wells House United States historic place

The Edward Wells House is a historic house at 61 Summit Street in Burlington, Vermont. Built in 1891–92 for the president of a patent medicine maker, it is one of the city's finest examples of Queen Anne Victorian architecture executed in brick and stone. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The house was for many years home to the Delta Psi fraternity; is now owned by the University of Vermont.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Shirley W. Dunn and Larry Gobrecht (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Becker Stone House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-02-20.See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".