Robert Sands Estate

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Robert Sands Estate
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Location1.5 mi (2.4 km). E of Rhinebeck at NY 308 and NY 9, Rhinebeck, New York
Coordinates 41°56′6″N73°52′40″W / 41.93500°N 73.87778°W / 41.93500; -73.87778
Area150 acres (61 ha)
Builtc. 1796
MPS Rhinebeck Town MRA (AD)
NRHP reference No. 75001183 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 1975
Removed from NRHPAugust 3, 2015

The Robert Sands Estate was a historic home located at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. The house was built about 1796 and is a 2+12-story, brick filled wood-frame building, with a gable roof and sheathed in clapboard. It sat on an extant stone foundation and measured five bays wide by four deep. Also on the property were a contributing 1+12-story frame cottage and four frame farm outbuildings, including a Dutch barn. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] In 2015 the National Park Service, which oversees the Register, announced that it was considering a request to remove it [3] as a result of a 1999 fire that left only the foundation. [4] It did so in August of that year. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Lynn A. Beebe (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Robert Sands Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2011-01-08.See also: "Accompanying eight photos".
  3. "Pending (Not yet acted upon) list". National Park Service. June 20, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  4. Kemnble, William (April 29, 2015). "Despite fire, Rhinebeck Town Board wants to maintain colonial estate's landmark status". Daily Freeman . Kingston, NY . Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  5. "National Register of Historic Places listings for August 14, 2015". U.S. National Park Service. August 14, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.