Tabor Wing House
The Tabor Wing House is located on New York State Route 22 (NY 22) in Dover Plains in New York , United States . The timber frame house was built in 1810 by a locally known family and has remained relatively unchanged to this day.
In view of the architectural style, the building is unusually heavily ornamented . In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its importance to local history .
history
Thomas Tabor, the builder of the house, came as a young boy with his father from Rhode Island to the future Town of Dover in 1748 . After his death in 1782, his father left him his land, which included the entire area of what is now Dover Plains. After building the house shortly after the city was founded, he bequeathed his property to his daughter Sally. She was married to the prominent landowner Mahlon Wing, after whom the hamlet of Wingdale was named.
The descendants of the family lived in the house for more than three quarters of a century, from 1839 to 1926. Shortly afterwards, oil heating was installed. The house went through a number of owners, under whom the installations for water and heating were renewed according to requirements. In the late 1970s, it was bought by the Dover Historical Society, who made extensive improvements to the building's infrastructure before turning it into a library.
The library moved to a larger area in 2003 and the Historical Society donated it to the city. This began with the restoration of the interior to its original appearance and furnished it with stylish furniture. After the work was completed in 2006, some of the city's administrative offices were relocated here. Today it is used for administrations and as a local museum.
building
The house stands on approximately 2,000 square feet of triangular lot at the intersection of NY 22 and North Nellie Hill Road, which becomes Cemetery Road south of the house. The house is two-story and has five bays in the main wing and a side wing. Both wings are supported by the stone foundation. The facade of the main wing is clad with shingles , and wide boards were used for the side wing. The gable roofs are covered with tarred shingles. There are chimneys at all three ends.
The western facade, the front of the house, is extensively decorated. A small veranda surrounds the centrally arranged entrance, above which a lead-glazed fighter window sits. The entrance is framed by side light windows and pilasters that rise up to a serrated column beam and a molded cornice . There is a three-part Palladian window above the entrance . The decorations on the other windows repeat the design of the main entrance, as do the arched windows in the attic on the north and south sides of the house. The small side wing with the kitchen is not decorated. Its roof also covers a veranda on the south side.
Inside the building, the entrance hall separates two large reception rooms with largely original furnishings, including wood-carved strips and fireplace surrounds, wall and ceiling paneling and floors. The original stoves and ovens have been preserved in the kitchen wing.
aesthetics
The ornamentation of the house is unusual for Federal-style buildings in general , and not just for structures in the Hudson Valley . These are balanced in terms of the shape of the house as a whole, taking into account regional building habits . This reflects the demands and tastes of the builders in this period of history.
As part of the Historic American Buildings Survey , the house was surveyed by Wakefield Worcester in 1937. He speculated about whether the builder of the house was possibly a carpenter , as the facade is designed much more detailed than the inside of the building. Worcester considered the exterior design of the house to be a stark contrast to the relatively sparse interior.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Neil Larson: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Tabor-Wing House . [New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]. May 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
- ↑ a b Tabor Wing Restoration . Town of Dover. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
- ^ Wakefield Worcester: Taber-Wing House, State Route 22, Dover Plains, Dutchess County, NY . In: Historic American Buildings Survey . Library of Congress . August 27, 1937. Retrieved on April 1, 2009. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Tabor Wing House . Town of Dover website with photos before and after the restoration
Coordinates: 41 ° 44 ′ 18 " N , 73 ° 34 ′ 45" W.