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| The house was built by a farmer named Haviland around 1820. At the time it was a fairly simple, plain farmhouse, typical of the location and the period. While it was located on the main road through the area, the center of Chappaqua was a mile (1.6 km) further up it, the area around the extant ] established by the settlement's founders eight decades earlier, now listed on the ] as the ].<ref name= |
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| In the middle of the century the ], later part of the ], was built along the ]. The connection to New York changed Chappaqua's economy in two ways. Its farmers now had easy access to the markets of ] to the south and began raising ]s for it. | In the middle of the century the ], later part of the ], was built along the ]. The connection to New York changed Chappaqua's economy in two ways. Its farmers now had easy access to the markets of ] to the south and began raising ]s for it.<ref name="Old Chappaqua HD NRHP nom" /> | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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United States historic place| Greeley House | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 East profile and north (front) elevation, 2012 | |
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| Location | Chappaqua, NY |
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| Area | 0.3 acres (1,200 m) |
| Built | 1864 |
| MPS | Horace Greeley TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003212 |
| Added to NRHP | April 19, 1979 |
The Greeley House is located at King (New York State Route 120) and Senter streets in downtown Chappaqua, New York, United States. It was built about 1820 and served as the home of newspaper editor and later presidential candidate Horace Greeley from 1864 to his death in 1872. In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with several other properties nearby related to Greeley and his family.
Built in the 1820s as a typical small farmhouse, it was expanded shortly before Greeley, who had settled in Chappaqua shortly before the Civil War in the mid-19th century. After a mob of citizens opposed to Greeley's abolitionist stance as editor of the New York Tribune threatened his wife at their earlier "House in the Woods," Greeley bought the farmhouse and moved his family there, near the hundred acres (40 ha) where he ran a small farm and practiced experimental agricultural techniques.
After the war, Greeley built a mansion called "Hillside House" to live in, but died along with his wife shortly after the 1872 presidential election, where he ran on the Liberal Republican line against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant, so his children lived there instead. Since both that and the House in the Woods have since burned down, and the farm has been redeveloped into today's downtown, the current Greeley House is the only extant property in Chappaqua associated with Greeley. It, too, was almost demolished after falling into serious neglect in the early 20th century. Currently it is the offices of the New Castle Historical Society.
Building
The house is located on a one-third-acre (1,200 m) lot in the corner between the two streets, at the bottom of a steep hill King descends from the east. It is at the eastern edge of downtown Chappaqua, an unincorporated hamlet of the town of New Castle nestled in a level area of a hilly region. The Saw Mill River, paralleled closely by the eponymous parkway and Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, are in a corridor 600 feet (180 m) to the west.
To its west are one-story commercial buildings interspersed with parking lots. North and east, going uphill on King, are a church on the same side of the street, followed by houses of more modern construction. The local fire department headquarters are on the southeast, with New Castle's community center across Senter Street buffering the baseball fields beyond.
A white wooden picket fence with a gate sets off the house from the sidewalk. The building itself is a two-story five-by-three-bay timber frame structure on a [[brick foundation sided in clapboard and topped by a shingled gabled roof pierced by two brick chimneys. A two-story flat-roofed extension projects from the south (rear) facade.
On the north (front) face, a two-story porch runs the full width of the house. Wooden steps lead up to it from the west, with a brick wheelchair ramp and modern aluminum railings providing access to the wooden deck from the east. Square wooden pillars rising to a molded cornice support the balustraded balcony level. The main entrance, at the west side, has a paneled wooden door flanked by two sidelights.
The windows are all set with six-over-six double-hung sash protected by a layer of storm glass, with minimal wooden sills and lintels. They are smaller on the first floor's north. All are flanked by louvered wooden shutters. At the east gable apex, split by the chimney, are two louvered lunettes; opposite there are just two more smaller six-over-six windows, with the middle bay on that facade left blind. The roofline is marked by a plain frieze and overhanging eave on the east and west sides.
History
The house was built by a farmer named Haviland around 1820. At the time it was a fairly simple, plain farmhouse, typical of the location and the period. While it was located on the main road through the area, the center of Chappaqua was a mile (1.6 km) further up it, the area around the extant Quaker meetinghouse established by the settlement's founders eight decades earlier, now listed on the National Register as the Old Chappaqua Historic District.
In the middle of the century the Harlem Valley Railroad, later part of the New York Central, was built along the Saw Mill River. The connection to New York changed Chappaqua's economy in two ways. Its farmers now had easy access to the markets of New York City to the south and began raising cash crops for it.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Walter J. Gruber and Dorothy W. Gruber (March 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Greeley House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-24. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
- Ossining Quadrangle – New York – Westchester Co (Map). 1:24,000. USGS 7½-minute quadrangle maps. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ^ ">Lynn Beebe Weaver (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Old Chappaqua Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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