Walter Brewster House
The Walter Brewster House is an approximately built around 1850 residential house on Oak Street in Brewster , New York . It was built in the Greek Revival architectural style by Walter Brewster, who also founded the village.
In 1980 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places . It is owned by the Landmarks Preservation Society of Southeast and is used as a cultural center.
building
The two-story timber-frame construction sits on a brick base and is located on a hill overlooking the center of Brewster. Four Ionic columns support the portica , which protrude a little over the actual house on both sides. It is the only such arrangement in a Greek Revival house in Putnam County . The house has a serrated cornice .
On the ground floor, the original central hall, which is typical of the Greek Revival, has been greatly changed by the renovation attempts of the many interim owners. It is currently a large open space and the original staircase has been moved to the northeast corner. The upper floor has remained more intact; some of the earlier ornaments have been preserved here and the original mantels are still in place in each room.
history
Brewster, a descendant of William Brewster , bought a farm with his brother in the mid-19th century and settled here. The Harlem Valley Railroad was brought up by New York City and Brewster built a station that is now served by the Metro-North Railroad . He also laid out Main Street and was involved in founding the first hotel in town.
After numerous changes of ownership, the house came into the possession of the Landmarks Preservation Society of the City of Southeast, to which Brewster belongs, in the 1970s. Society renovated it and uses it as a cultural center, where concerts and other events are held.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eleanor Fitchen: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Walter Brewster House . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . December 10, 1977. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
- ^ Southeast Historic Sites . Town of Southeast. October 5, 2004. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′ 42 " N , 73 ° 36 ′ 56" W.