Beecher-McFadden Estate
Historic house in New York, United States
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The Beecher-McFadden Estate is a historic estate located on East Main Street in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.
Peekskill, New York
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| Location | E. Main St., Peekskill, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°17′54″N 73°53′44″W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | c. 1875 |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Jacobethan Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | (%d+) (increase) (%d+) (decrease) |
| Added to NRHP | November 2, 1987 |
Description and history
The estate includes an imposing brick mansion and a large support building set among scenic landscaping. The mansion, designed by architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee, was originally built in 1877 in a Victorian Gothic style, and was extensively remodeled in the 1920s in the Tudor Revival style. It is a large, 2+1⁄2-story, asymmetrical brick building with stone trim, Tudor arches, and plain balustrades. The north elevation retains the original 1+1⁄2-story, red brick walls with polychrome brick trim. The large support structure has a two-story center section, flanked by 1+1⁄2-story wings, and is in the Jacobean Revival style. The property was originally developed by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887), then purchased by the locally prominent McFadden family in 1902.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1987.[2]