R. and W. Scott Ice Company Powerhouse and Ice House Site

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R. and W. Scott Ice Company Powerhouse and Ice House Site
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Nearest city Stuyvesant, New York
Coordinates 42°21′28″N73°47′22″W / 42.35778°N 73.78944°W / 42.35778; -73.78944
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1885
NRHP reference No. 85000337 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1985

R. and W. Scott Ice Company Powerhouse and Ice House Site is a national historic district located at Stuyvesant in Columbia County, New York. The district includes one contributing building, one contributing structure, and one contributing site. They are the remains of an ice house, the exterior walls and chimney of a powerhouse (ca. 1885) and the surviving features of a dock and bulkhead. The ice house measured 300 feet long and 200 feet wide and the foundation walls are two feet thick. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Neil Larson (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: R. and W. Scott Ice Company Powerhouse and Ice House Site". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved June 26, 2010.See also: "Accompanying 12 photos".