Jacob Bookstaver House

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Jacob Bookstaver House
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The house in 2007
Location Town of Montgomery, NY
Nearest city Newburgh
Coordinates 41°34′23″N74°13′26″W / 41.57306°N 74.22389°W / 41.57306; -74.22389
Built1779 [1]
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 96000558 [2]
Added to NRHP1996

The Jacob Bookstaver House is located off Albany Post Road in Orange County, New York's Town of Montgomery, not far from The Smith House. It has been a Registered Historic Place since 1996.

Bookstaver, a Palatine German, was among the earliest settlers of the town. After spending his first winter in a makeshift cave with several other settlers and their families, he bought an 800-acre (320 ha) tract including the current location of the house with three partners in 1735. [3] The original portion of the current house was built in 1779, with the Greek Revival wing added by his descendants in 1850. [3]

The house was added to the Register in 1996.

References

  1. ↑ Robert L. Williams (January 1996). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Bookstaver, Jacob, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 18, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Eurich, Robert C. and Williams, Robert L., Old Houses of Hanover: Historic Sites of the Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, Springhill Press, Middletown NY, 1994, 54.
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