James "Squire" Patton House
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James "Squire" Patton House | |
 Front (south) elevation and west profile with Newburgh police K-9 unit sign on porch and barn visible at rear left, 2008 | |
| Location | New Windsor, New York |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Newburgh |
| Coordinates | 41°29′07″N 74°04′23″W / 41.48528°N 74.07306°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha)[1] |
| Built | c. 1790[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000409[2] |
| Added to NRHP | May 12, 2008 |
The James "Squire" Patton House is located along the brief overlap of NY 207 and 300 in New Windsor, New York, United States. It is on a five-acre (2 ha) parcel owned by the nearby city of Newburgh, formerly used for police K-9 training. The house now sits abandoned and in a state of decay.
It was built c. 1790, although it is not known by whom. Patton, a prominent local farmer and landowner, bought the property as a young man a quarter-century later. It assumed its present form after several additions and renovations in the first 40 years of its existence. On May 12, 2008, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house is a 1+1⁄2-story five-bay frame structure facing the road to the south, on a lot that slopes slightly up to and past it. Its front facade has four windows and a centrally located entranceway with wooden steps leading up to a covered porch. The raised foundation is of mortared fieldstone with some attempt at an ashlar pattern on the corners. The roof is a steeply pitched and gabled. Two brick chimneys rise from it.[1]
A small stone lean-to was added on to the east at a later date. On the west are two exposed firebacks.[1]
The interior has undergone more extensive renovation than the exterior, most recently for use as a police training facility. Beyond the room modified to serve as a classroom, many of the original finishes, the original plaster and decoration remains. The fireplace mantels have Federal style Tuscan colonettes with frieze and entablature, and the unusual rear-facing open-stringer staircase has a pyramidal newel post and oval handrails.[1]
There are several contributing resources to the rear of the house. A two-story wooden barn is believed to date to 1880, and the remains of a stone smokehouse and another unidentified structure are nearby. The pattern of their stonework is similar to the lean-to on the east elevation, suggesting all three were built around the same time in the early 19th century. An old well and stone walls complete the original farmstead property.[1]
