Mead House (Galway, New York)

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Mead House
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Location 2210 Galway Rd., Galway, New York
Coordinates 43°0′57″N74°1′20″W / 43.01583°N 74.02222°W / 43.01583; -74.02222 Coordinates: 43°0′57″N74°1′20″W / 43.01583°N 74.02222°W / 43.01583; -74.02222
Area 18.7 acres (7.6 ha)
Built 1825
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 04000433 [1]
Added to NRHP May 12, 2004

Mead House is a historic home located at Galway in Saratoga County, New York. It was built about 1825 and is a 2-story, five-by-two-bay timber framed residence. It has a rectangular main block with an attached 2-story gable-roofed wing and ​1 1⁄2-story kitchen wing. It center hall plan with vernacular Federal-style interior decoration. Also on the property is a contributing frame carriage barn. [2]

Saratoga County, New York County in the United States

Saratoga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2018 U.S. Census estimate, the county's population was 230,163, representing a 4.8% increase from the 2010 population of 219,607, representing one of the fastest growth rates in the northeastern United States and the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York. The county seat is Ballston Spa. Saratoga County is included in the Capital District, encompassing the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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.

Carriage house building

A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Raymond W. Smith (January 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mead House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-12-06.See also: "Accompanying four photos".


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