Schoonmaker Stone House and Farm

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Schoonmaker Stone House and Farm
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Schoonmaker Stone House, September 2012
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LocationSamsonville Rd., near jct. of NY 76 and Cherrytown Rd., Rochester, New York
Coordinates 41°47′46″N74°18′44″W / 41.79611°N 74.31222°W / 41.79611; -74.31222 Coordinates: 41°47′46″N74°18′44″W / 41.79611°N 74.31222°W / 41.79611; -74.31222
Area90 acres (36 ha)
Built1820
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Rochester MPS
NRHP reference No. 97000109 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1997

Schoonmaker Stone House and Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Rochester in Ulster County, New York. The property includes the house, a small shed (ca. 1880), privy (ca. 1880), and two barns. The house is a late 18th-century or early 19th-century, two-story gable-end stone house built in a simple Adamesque style. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [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. Harry Hansen and John A. Bonafide (April 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Schoonmaker Stone House and Farm". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-03-20.See also: "Accompanying seven photos".