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{{short description|Historic house in New York, United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Slabsides (John Burroughs Cabin)
| name = Slabsides (John Burroughs Cabin)
| nrhp_type = nhl
| nrhp_type = nhl
| image = Slabsides.jpg
| image = Slabsides.jpg
| caption = Slabsides in 2005
| caption = Slabsides in 2005
| location = [[Lloyd, New York|West Park]], [[New York|NY]]
| location = [[Lloyd, New York|West Park]], [[New York (state)|NY]]
| nearest_city = [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie]]
| nearest_city = [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|47|40|N|73|58|23|W|display=inline,title}}
| lat_degrees = 41
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| area = 170 acres (68 ha)
| lat_minutes = 47
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| built = 1895
| lat_seconds = 40
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| architect = [[John Burroughs]]
| lat_direction = N
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| architecture = [[Adirondack Architecture|Adirondack]] [[log cabin]]
| long_degrees = 73
| designated_nrhp_type = November 24, 1968<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=791&ResourceType=Building|title=Slabsides (John Burroughs Cabin)|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401132245/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=791&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2012-04-01}}</ref>
| long_minutes = 58
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| added = November 24, 1968<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
| long_seconds = 23
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| visitation_num =
| long_direction = W
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| visitation_year =
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| area = 170 acres (68 ha)
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| refnum = 68000034<ref name="nris"/>
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| built = 1895
| mpsub =
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| architect = [[John Burroughs]]
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| architecture = [[Adirondack Architecture|Adirondack]] [[log cabin]]
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|title=Slabsides (John Burroughs Cabin)|date=2007-09-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
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| added = November 24, 1968<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
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| governing_body = [[John Burroughs Association]]
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'''Slabsides''' is the [[log cabin]] built by naturalist [[John Burroughs]] and his son on a nine-acre (3.6 ha) wooded and hilly tract in 1895 one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) east of [[Riverby]], his home in [[Esopus, New York|West Park]], [[New York]]. From the time of its construction to the last year of his life, he received many visitors here, ranging from [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Henry Ford]] to students from [[Vassar College]], just across the [[Hudson River]].<ref name="Burroughs Association">Breslof, Lisa; 2007; [http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/slabsides_sanct.html Slabsides]; retrieved June 4, 2007 from amnh.org.</ref>
'''Slabsides''' is the [[log cabin]] built by naturalist [[John Burroughs]] and his son on a nine-acre (3.6 ha) wooded and hilly tract in 1895 one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) west of [[Riverby]], his home in [[Esopus, New York|West Park]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. From the time of its construction to the last year of his life, Burroughs received many visitors at the cabin, ranging from [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Henry Ford]] to students from [[Vassar College]], just across the [[Hudson River]].<ref name="Burroughs Association">Breslof, Lisa; 2007; [http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/slabsides_sanct.html Slabsides]; retrieved June 4, 2007 from amnh.org.</ref>


==Building and site==
==Building and site==
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Slabsides is a one-story log cabin with an open floor plan with a partitioned bedroom. It is located in a relatively low stretch of the [[Marlboro Mountains]], perched on the west side of a hill in the wooded John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary. There is no direct access by motor vehicle; to reach it, visitors must park on the gravel road up the hill and follow a gated logging road slightly downhill, then level, roughly 0.3 mile (500 m) to the cabin.

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Slabsides is a simple one-story log cabin with an open living/dining/kitchen/study area and a bedroom that can be partitioned off. It is located in a relatively low stretch of the [[Marlboro Mountains]], perched on the west side of a hill in the wooded John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary. There is no direct access by motor vehicle; to reach it, visitors must park on the gravel road up the hill and follow a gated logging road slightly downhill, then level, roughly 0.3 mile (500 m) to the cabin.
[[Image:Slabsides siding.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The wood slab siding that gave the cabin its name.]]
[[Image:Slabsides siding.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The wood slab siding that gave the cabin its name.]]


==History==
==History==
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"Life has a different flavor here", Burroughs wrote of the cabin in his [[essay]] "Far and Near". "It is reduced to simpler terms; its complex equations all disappear." The name "Slabsides" came from the rough [[Bark (botany)|bark]]-covered lumber strips covering its outer walls. "I might have given it a prettier name, but not one more fit, of more in keeping with the mood that brought me thither". Much of the cabin remains as he and his son built it, including the [[Juniperus virginiana|red cedar]] posts holding up the [[porch]].<ref name="Burroughs Association" />


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After his death in 1921, the property was presented to the [[John Burroughs Association]], which had just been formed to preserve his legacy. When nearby [[logging]] operations and proposed development threatened the property in the mid-1960s, the association purchased the properties with money raised from supporters. This has resulted in an expansion of the property into the 170 acre (68 ha) John Burroughs Sanctuary. The cabin was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1968,<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Slabsides, John Burroughs Study|url={{NHLS url|id=68000035}} |format=pdf|author=Richard Greenwood|date=February 1976|publisher=National Park Service}}, (Note misfiled under REFNUM for Riverby rather than REFNUM for Slabsides) and {{NHLS url|id=68000035|title=Accompanying 3 photos, exterior and interior, from 1975 and undated.|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(618&nbsp;KB)}}</ref> joining [[Riverby]] and [[Woodchuck Lodge]] as Burroughs-associated properties carrying that designation.
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"Life has a different flavor here", Burroughs wrote of the cabin in his [[essay]] "Far and Near". "It is reduced to simpler terms; its complex equations all disappear." The name "Slabsides" came from the rough [[bark]]-covered lumber strips covering its outer walls. "I might have given it a prettier name, but not one more fit, of more in keeping with the mood that brought me thither". Much of the cabin remains as he and his son built it, including the [[Juniperus virginiana|red cedar]] posts holding up the [[porch]].<ref name="Burroughs Association" />
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[[Image:Slabsides interior.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Table and furnishings inside the cabin; built by Burroughs from local wood.]]


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After his death in 1921, the property was presented to the [[John Burroughs Association]], which had just been formed to preserve his legacy. When nearby [[logging]] operations and proposed development threatened the property in the mid-1960s, the association purchased the properties with money raised from supporters. This has resulted in an expansion of the property into the 170 acre (68 ha) John Burroughs Sanctuary. The cabin was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1968,<ref name="nhlsum"/>,<ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite document|title={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/68000035.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Slabsides, John Burroughs Study]|305&nbsp;KB}}|author=Richard Greenwood|date=February, 1976|publisher=National Park Service|postscript=<!--None-->}}, (Note misfiled under REFNUM for Riverby rather than REFNUM for Slabsides) and {{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/68000035.pdf Accompanying 3 photos, exterior and interior, from 1975 and undated.]|618&nbsp;KB}}</ref> joining [[Riverby]] and [[Woodchuck Lodge]] as Burroughs-associated properties carrying that designation.
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[[Image:Slabsides interior.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Table and furnishings inside the cabin; built by Burroughs from local wood.]]
==Access==
==Access==
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To reach the cabin, visitors must park at the base of the road to it on Burroughs Drive and walk up a half-mile (800 m). The cabin itself, furnished exactly as it was when Burroughs left it, is only open to visitors twice a year, from noon to 4:30&nbsp;p.m. on the third Saturday in May and the first one in October.<ref name="Burroughs Association" /> [[Hiking]] [[trail]]s have been constructed for visitors to enjoy for themselves the woods that inspired Burroughs. The sanctuary is open year-round.<ref name="Burroughs Association" />

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To reach the cabin, visitors must park at the base of the road to it on Burroughs Drive and walk up a half-mile (800 m). The cabin itself, furnished exactly as it was when Burroughs left it, is only open to visitors twice a year, from noon to 4:30 p.m. on the third Saturday in May and the first one in October.<ref name="Burroughs Association" /> [[Hiking]] [[trail]]s have been constructed for visitors to enjoy for themselves the woods that inspired Burroughs. The sanctuary is open year-round.<ref name="Burroughs Association" />


==See also==
==See also==
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*[http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/slabsides_sanct.html John Burroughs Association: Slabsides]
*[http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/slabsides_sanct.html John Burroughs Association: Slabsides]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/alandavisdrake/sets/72157622762187103/ Virtual Photo Tour of Slabsides]
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/alandavisdrake/sets/72157622762187103/ Virtual Photo Tour of Slabsides]


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{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}


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Latest revision as of 05:30, 9 August 2023

Slabsides (John Burroughs Cabin)
Slabsides in 2005
LocationWest Park, NY
Nearest cityPoughkeepsie
Coordinates41°47′40″N 73°58′23″W / 41.79444°N 73.97306°W / 41.79444; -73.97306
Area170 acres (68 ha)
Built1895
ArchitectJohn Burroughs
Architectural styleAdirondack log cabin
NRHP reference No.68000034[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1968[1]
Designated NHLNovember 24, 1968[2]

Slabsides is the log cabin built by naturalist John Burroughs and his son on a nine-acre (3.6 ha) wooded and hilly tract in 1895 one mile (1.6 km) west of Riverby, his home in West Park, New York. From the time of its construction to the last year of his life, Burroughs received many visitors at the cabin, ranging from Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Ford to students from Vassar College, just across the Hudson River.[3]

Building and site[edit]

Slabsides is a one-story log cabin with an open floor plan with a partitioned bedroom. It is located in a relatively low stretch of the Marlboro Mountains, perched on the west side of a hill in the wooded John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary. There is no direct access by motor vehicle; to reach it, visitors must park on the gravel road up the hill and follow a gated logging road slightly downhill, then level, roughly 0.3 mile (500 m) to the cabin.

The wood slab siding that gave the cabin its name.

History[edit]

"Life has a different flavor here", Burroughs wrote of the cabin in his essay "Far and Near". "It is reduced to simpler terms; its complex equations all disappear." The name "Slabsides" came from the rough bark-covered lumber strips covering its outer walls. "I might have given it a prettier name, but not one more fit, of more in keeping with the mood that brought me thither". Much of the cabin remains as he and his son built it, including the red cedar posts holding up the porch.[3]

After his death in 1921, the property was presented to the John Burroughs Association, which had just been formed to preserve his legacy. When nearby logging operations and proposed development threatened the property in the mid-1960s, the association purchased the properties with money raised from supporters. This has resulted in an expansion of the property into the 170 acre (68 ha) John Burroughs Sanctuary. The cabin was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968,[2][4] joining Riverby and Woodchuck Lodge as Burroughs-associated properties carrying that designation.

Table and furnishings inside the cabin; built by Burroughs from local wood.

Access[edit]

To reach the cabin, visitors must park at the base of the road to it on Burroughs Drive and walk up a half-mile (800 m). The cabin itself, furnished exactly as it was when Burroughs left it, is only open to visitors twice a year, from noon to 4:30 p.m. on the third Saturday in May and the first one in October.[3] Hiking trails have been constructed for visitors to enjoy for themselves the woods that inspired Burroughs. The sanctuary is open year-round.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Slabsides (John Burroughs Cabin)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Breslof, Lisa; 2007; Slabsides; retrieved June 4, 2007 from amnh.org.
  4. ^ Richard Greenwood (February 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Slabsides, John Burroughs Study" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help), (Note misfiled under REFNUM for Riverby rather than REFNUM for Slabsides) and Accompanying 3 photos, exterior and interior, from 1975 and undated. (618 KB)

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