Edward Salyer House
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 South (front) elevation and east profile, 2008 | |
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| Location | Pearl River, NY |
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| Nearest city | Paterson, NJ |
| Coordinates | 41°3′5″N 74°0′49″W / 41.05139°N 74.01361°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (2,000 m2) |
| Built | 1765[2] |
| Architect | Edward Salyer |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Dutch Colonial |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002178[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 4, 1986 |
The Edward Salyer House is located on South Middletown Road in Pearl River, New York, United States. It is a wood frame house built in the 1760s.
Originally it was the main house of a farm that covered much of that neighborhood. It is one of the rare remaining
Buildings and grounds
The house is located on the west side of the street, two
There are two other outbuildings on the property, a wellhouse and shed. The lot slopes down significantly toward the west through landscaped gardens and a footpath. A large
Exterior
The building itself is a two-and-a-half-story five-by-five-
It is oriented perpendicular to the street, with its south
On the west profile is a rear entrance, a paneled Dutch door added later. A one-story frame wing with steep gabled roof and picture windows projects from that side, and it has a wooden patio on its own west. The basement of the north side is mostly covered by an embankment.[2]
Interior
The recessed main entrance is surrounded by wide
On the floors are wood planks of random widths and lengths fastened to the
An enclosed stairway leads up to the second story. There, a wider central hall separates three bedrooms and a bathroom. The floors are also random plank; the ceilings are low, about 6 feet 11 inches (2.1 m). Another set of stairs leads to the attic, where
The basement level is divided between an unfinished half on the east and the original kitchen and common room on the west. There is evidence of a
Outbuildings
At the southwest corner of the house is a wellhouse, a modern frame structure. It shelters an original
The toolshed and wellhouse are architecturally sympathetic to the house. As they are of modern construction they are not considered contributing resources to the Register listing. The well itself dates to the property's early years as a farmhouse and is therefore a contributing structure.[2]
History
Records from surveys done to establish the colonial boundary near the end of the
The house has many features of the
Salyer later acquired an additional 72 acres (29 ha) from John Suffern, founder of the nearby village that bears his name. Edward Salyer died April 10, 1819- aged 59 years and 8 months. The year of his wife's death is not known, but at some point Edward Salyer Jr. inherited the land. At some point, the property lost 12 acres (4.9 ha), since at the younger man's sale of the property in 1818 the total holding is recorded at 90 acres (36 ha).[2]
Tunis Cooper, the new owner, in turn sold it to Cornelius Demarest in 1837. By this point the
From then on, it passed through a series of owners for the rest of the 19th century. At one point full length columns were added to front to create a veranda. No changes were made to the interior layout.[2]
In 1960 the Conques family acquired the home. They
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nancy Todd (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Edward Salyer House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-05-28. See also: "Accompanying 12 photos".
