Benner House
The Benner House is a residential building on Mill Street in the Village of Rhinebeck , New York in the United States . The house is on US Highway 9 and was built in the 1730s by the German emigrant Johannes Benner.
The building is a rare example of a one-room stone house in the Hudson Valley , built more according to German building traditions than Dutch customs. It is the only house of this type in Rhinebeck. It was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1987 .
building
Benner House is located at the confusing intersection of Mill Street and Route 9 on the southern edge of town. The rear facade on the north side is diagonal to Mill Street so that it is clearly visible to the south-facing traffic on the highway. The property is largely overgrown with trees, in front of the house a tree-free area allows a view of the street and the valley. A modern wooden frame construction is located on the northwest corner of the property and is not a contributing part of the register entry.
The rectangular house has one floor and a gable roof . An asymmetrically arranged Dutch-style door is located on the front facing south, with an overhanging lintel like the neighboring windows. It is located within a porch with a half-roof , a slightly curved frieze and square posts that extend over the entire facade. On the north side there is an extension with a gable roof, which has a slightly steeper slope and leaves the two windows in the attic of the main wing above it.
history
Johannes Benner came to the area with his parents and brother from Upper Bavaria at the beginning of the 18th century . According to local tradition, he or another member of his family built the house around 1739, but no records have been found to confirm this tradition. It is also believed that the first meetings of the local Methodist church took place in the house half a century later, in 1791–1792. The oldest written mention of the house from 1797 names a S. S. Myers as the owner.
Around 1850 the house belonged to prominent local landowners, the Livingston family, who used it as an outbuilding for their nearby Grasmere manor . In the period up to the beginning of the 20th century, it went through a number of owners. During this time it was also used as a primary school. The porch and annex were believed to have been added in the late 19th or early 20th centuries, but the exact date is unknown.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Nancy Todd: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Benner House ( English ) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . September 1986. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- ^ The United Methodist Parish of Rhinebeck, New York . United Methodist Parish of Rhinebeck, New York. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′ 14 " N , 73 ° 54 ′ 34" W.