The Homestead (Haverstraw, New York)
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The Homestead | |
 West elevation, 2008 | |
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| Location | Haverstraw, New York |
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| Nearest city | Peekskill |
| Coordinates | 41°11′35″N 73°57′54″W / 41.19306°N 73.96500°W |
| Built | ca. 1800[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004154[2] |
| Added to NRHP | 1983 |
The Homestead is a historic house on Hudson Avenue in the village of Haverstraw, New York, United States. It is one of the oldest buildings in the village, dating to the early 19th century.
Since then it has been home to a number of prominent local residents, and passed down through two different families. It has been altered slightly, with the original front now the house's rear, but it remains mostly intact. In 1983 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house sits on a 135-by-155-foot (41 by 47 m) lot on the east side of Hudson Avenue near the junction with Tor Avenue. The ground slopes steadily down toward the Hudson River to the east, exposing the house's basement on that elevation. The neighborhood is residential, with a few multiple-unit dwellings.[1]
It is a two-story, five-by-two-bay frame structure sided in clapboard. It is topped by a gabled roof shingled in asphalt with a plain cornice. A small kitchen wing extends from the east.[1]
All the windows are flanked by louvered shutters. The main entrance is located within a small enclosed porch. Its double inner doors have rose-tinted glass. On the east is a two-story, three-bay open porch with square posts, brackets and a central gable on the roof top. At basement level is a door with sidelights and transom; the first floor's double door has colonnettes and an architrave.[1]
Inside, the floor plan remains unchanged. Finishings are plain and simple with the exception of the main hall and large first floor rooms, which have classically inspired decoration.[1]
