Van Benschoten House and Guest House

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Van Benschoten House and Guest House
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Nearest city Margaretville, New York
Coordinates 42°10′2″N74°40′8″W / 42.16722°N 74.66889°W / 42.16722; -74.66889 Coordinates: 42°10′2″N74°40′8″W / 42.16722°N 74.66889°W / 42.16722; -74.66889
Area5.7 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1867
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 02000302 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 1, 2002

Van Benschoten House and Guest House is a historic home and guest house located at Margaretville in Delaware County, New York, United States. It is an example of late 19th summer boarding house design applied to a working farmhouse. The main house was built about 1890 and its exterior massing of the two story main residence is broken up into four gabled pavilions emanating from a hipped-roof core in the Queen Anne style. It features an octagonal tower with a tall pointed roof. Also on the property is a cow barn. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [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 (December 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Van Benschoten House and Guest House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-02-06.See also: "Accompanying nine photos".