Walter Hand House
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Walter Hand House | |
 Front (east) elevation, 2008 | |
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 Interactive map of Walter Hand House | |
| Location | Cornwall, NY |
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| Nearest city | Newburgh |
| Coordinates | 41°24′20″N 74°03′49″W / 41.40556°N 74.06361°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2 ha)[1] |
| Built | ca. 1870[1] |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Historic and Architectural Resources of Cornwall |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000154[2] |
| Added to NRHP | 1996 |
The Walter Hand House is located on Angola Road in Cornwall, New York, United States. It is the main building of a five-acre (2 ha) former farm, built around 1870, to serve as both a farmhouse and summer boardinghouse, in response to Cornwall's growing popularity as a summer resort town.
Today it is known as Shadow Mountain Farm, a bed and breakfast .[3] Both properties were listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1996.
The house sits on a gentle rise with a view to the west highlighting Schunemunk Mountain.[3] The lot is the remainder of a much larger farm that has been subdivided since the house was built. There are six other buildings besides the house, all considered contributing resources to the NRHP listing.[1]
It is a five-bay two-and-a-half-story clapboard-sided structure with Gothic detailing and a molded cornice and plain frieze at the roofline. The wooden-shingled roof, pierced by brick chimneys at either end, is cross-gabled by a two-story rear wing projecting from the south side, itself with a one-story pent-roofed bay on its own west.[1]
A one-story porch fronts the entire east elevation, with a flat roof, bracketed cornice, piers with decorated capitals and a plain frieze similar to the roofline. Elaborate cutouts form the guardrail between piers.[1]
Inside, the house follows a center hall plan. Many of the original finishings, hardware and trim remain. The attic, used as lodging for summer boarders, is completely finished as well.[1]
The six other buildings, all contemporary with the house's original construction, are located slightly downhill and to the rear. There are a small complex of two two-story wooden barns, a kitchen building since converted into a home, a carriage house with its original doors and hardware, and a shed.[1]
