Little House (Palisades, New York)

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Little House
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Location US 9W N of Oak Tree Rd., Palisades, New York
Coordinates 41°0′43″N73°54′45″W / 41.01194°N 73.91250°W / 41.01194; -73.91250 Coordinates: 41°0′43″N73°54′45″W / 41.01194°N 73.91250°W / 41.01194; -73.91250
Area 1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built 1824
Architectural style Federal
MPS Palisades MPS
NRHP reference # 90001009 [1]
Added to NRHP July 12, 1990

Little House is a historic home located at Palisades in Rockland County, New York. It was built in 1824 is a 1 12-story, three-bay, side-passage frame residence in the Federal style. Also on the property are two late-19th-century sheds. [2]

Palisades, New York hamlet in New York

Palisades, formerly known as Sneden's Landing, is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Rockleigh and Alpine, New Jersey; east of Tappan; south of Sparkill; and west of the Hudson River.

Rockland County, New York County in the United States

Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county's population, as of the 2010 census, was 311,687, increasing by 5.5% to a 2017 Census estimate of 328,868, making it the third-most densely populated county outside New York City within New York State. The county seat is New City. Rockland County is a suburb of New York City that borders the boroughs about 9 miles northwest of the city at their closest points, and is accessible via the New York State Thruway, after 10 exits. The name derives from "rocky land", as the area has been aptly described.

Federal architecture architectural style

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federalist Era. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style broadly corresponds to the classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Regency architecture in Britain and to the French Empire style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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