St. Margaret's Home

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St. Margaret's Home
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Location7260 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York
Coordinates 41°58′51″N73°52′57″W / 41.98083°N 73.88250°W / 41.98083; -73.88250
Arealess than one acre
Built1852 (1852)-1853
Architectural styleItalian Villa
NRHP reference No. 06000883 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 2006

St. Margaret's Home, also known as Mrs. Astor's Orphan Asylum, is a historic Episcopal orphanage located at 7260 South Broadway in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, Italian Villa style brick building with brownstone trim. It features a front porch with fluted cast iron columns, French windows, and round arched center double entrance. Its construction and operation until 1872 was supported by Margaret Rebecca Armstrong Astor (1800-1872), wife of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792-1875) From 1872 to 1875, its patron was Margaret Astor Ward Chanler, wife of John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877), after which Congressman Chanler until his death in 1877 and afterwards the Chanler Estate. The orphanage closed in 1932. [2] :3,10–11

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [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. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved December 1, 2015.Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (May 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Margaret's Home" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs