Wayside Cottage

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Wayside Cottage
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Location1039 Post Rd., Scarsdale, New York
Coordinates 40°59′32″N73°47′40″W / 40.99222°N 73.79444°W / 40.99222; -73.79444 Coordinates: 40°59′32″N73°47′40″W / 40.99222°N 73.79444°W / 40.99222; -73.79444
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1720
NRHP reference No. 81000418 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 1, 1981

Wayside Cottage is a historic home located at Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York. The earliest part of the house was built about 1720 and is the four-bay-wide, two-bay-deep, 1 12-story south section. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has a gable roof and verandah with Doric order piers. The center section of the house was built in 1828 and it is a 2 12-story, three-bay-wide structure with a gable roof and sheathed in clapboard. A third section is known as the "caretaker's quarters" and was built in the late 19th century. It is two stories high, three bays wide, and two bays deep. A wing was added to this section in 1928. The house underwent a major restoration in 1953–1954. Since 1919, it has been owned by the Junior League of Central Westchester. It was also where Scarsdale Public Library used to be. [2]

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Karen Morey Kennedy and Austin N. O'Brien (January 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Wayside Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-12-24.See also: "Accompanying five photos".

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