Gilbert Millspaugh House
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Gilbert Millspaugh House | |
Second Empire | |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001216[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | 2005 |
The Gilbert Millspaugh House is located on Church Street in
It is an unusual use of the
Property
It is located just south of downtown Walden on Church Street, which slopes up sharply between Orange Avenue (NY 208) and Scofield Street. Like all the other lots on Church, it is located on the west side of the street as the east is a wooded slope to Orange too steep to be buildable. The lot itself, 60 by 145 feet (18 by 44 m) with a variety of trees and shrubs, slopes up from the street and its flagstone sidewalk. The other houses in the neighborhood are also of late 19th century construction.[2]
An asphalt driveway goes to the north of the building to the outbuildings in the rear. From it a stone walkway runs diagonally to the entrance.[2]
The house itself is two stories high, sided in
The roof's steep, nearly vertical
with built-in gutters.On the north, the fenestration is duplicated with a three-sided projecting
The deeply recessed entrance features paneled double doors below a rectangular
History
The house was originally built for Richard Masten in 1874. There are almost no surviving records on Masten besides the loan agreement. A local contractor began the house late that year and finished it in 1875. The design likely came from a pattern book, with the [2]
Millspaugh, son of the furniture dealer's founder, moved in 20 years later, in 1895. He stayed there for ten years. The house would remain associated with him afterwards. At some point, the rear wing was built to replace the original rear porch, which had become too rotten to stand. There have been no other significant changes to the house.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Krattinger, William (November 2004). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Gilbert Millspaugh House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
- ^ http://nysparks.state.ny.us/news/press/view.asp?pressID=401
