Lace House (Canaan, New York)
The Lace House , also known as Uriah Edwards House , is located on New York State Route 22 in Canaan , New York in the United States. The building is a post-and- beam house built at the beginning of the 19th century .
It was designed by the Fuller Brothers in a more formal version of the Federal Style brought back by New England settlers since the house was built. The original kitchen wing was replaced at the beginning of the 20th century. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 21, 1985 .
building
The home and a non- contributing garage are on 5,700 square feet on the east side of Route 22, directly across from Miller Road and approximately 1,500 m north of the slip road to Interstate 90 . The property rises to the east, toward the Massachusetts state line on the other side of the hill, about two kilometers away . A row of wooden fence posts runs along the roadside. The surrounding buildings in the small hamlet of Flatbrook are partly commercial and partly residential.
The building itself is a two-story structure with five bays , the façade of which is made of pine boards on a dry stone base. A side wing of similar height extends to the south. Brick chimneys rise at both ends, and a large television antenna sits directly on the northern chimney on the shingled roof.
A few steps on the west facade, which forms the front of the house, lead up to a one-bay portico with a gabled roof, which shields the central main entrance and is supported by a pair of wooden pillars. The gable triangle has a serrated column beam. The appearance of the portico is copied from a less ornamented portico above the rear entrance.
Fluted pilasters rise between the last yoke on each side and the rest of the windows up to the frieze . This is decorated with teeth and medallions and runs around the building, with the exception of the rear facing east. All windows have a shutter , most of them still have their original hooks. There are also pilasters at the corners; there's a small satellite dish on the southwest corner .
A veranda runs the full length of the south wing at its front. Another chimney rises at the south end of the wing. The roof is made of sheet metal.
Another pair of fluted pilasters flank the main entrance, above which sits a large fighter window . It opens into the central hall that runs the length of the house. Much of the interior is in its original condition, including pillars, wood carvings , baseboards and fireplace surrounds. The dining room has been fitted with new ceiling tiles. Part of the original wooden flooring has been preserved.
history
Uriah Edwards, who was born in nearby Richmond , left state in 1800 at the age of 31 to take a job in Flatbrook. After returning briefly to Richmond, he finally settled in Flatbrook in 1802 to open his own shop. Two years later he married the local Betsy Olmsted, a descendant of the first Canaan settlers, who also owned large properties south and west of the current house.
The house was built two years after the wedding. Unlike other contemporary federal-style homes that sprang up in Columbia County , the Lace House is profuse ornate. It follows a vernacular pattern of early federal-style country houses typical of New York City bordering Connecticut and Massachusetts; As with the Tabor Wing House in Dover Plains , a large part of the decoration is attached to the veranda. Its general adornment gave the Edwards' house the nickname "Lace House" shortly after it was built, by which it has been known ever since.
Edwards later sold part of his land to the newly formed Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad , the later Hudson and Berkshire and then the Boston and Albany Railroad , which was the first railroad to connect New York and Massachusetts. He opened the station, which was known as Edwards Station until its demolition in the mid-20th century. Edwards was active in local politics and was city manager , city treasurer and a member of the New York State Assembly . He died in 1851 and his wife 16 years later.
After her death, the inheritance went to her sister-in-law, Lucinda Edwards Woodworth, who soon left it to her own daughter. She had married into another local family, the Curtis family. One of the descendants, Harriet Curtis, passed it on to one of the neighbors. After her death, her estate administrator sued this transfer, which is why the house was vacant for several years. The kitchen wing on the south side fell into disrepair until the dispute was resolved in 1921.
William Edwards sold the property a short time later to the Rathbun family, who tore down the original kitchen wing and built the current extension. At the same time, the chimneys were moved and the original shingle roof was replaced by a tin roof. They also dug a new well and had the house electrified.
The descendants of the family sold it to the Brusch family 60 years later. In 1983 the house was renovated, with electricity and water pipes being brought up to the latest standards and the interior and exterior repaired. The biggest change at this point was the construction of the rear portico. After completing the work, they ran a bed and breakfast in the house .
supporting documents
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- ^ A b c d e Neil Larson: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Lace House . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . November 1984. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ↑ Lawrence Sombke: Hail Columbia! . In: New York . September 29, 1986, pp. 74-75.
Coordinates: 42 ° 22 ′ 36 " N , 73 ° 25 ′ 45" W.