Traver House

Traver House

A two-and-a-half-story stone house with a gabled roof and brick chimneys built into a hillside, seen from a three-quarters angle. It has brown wooden insets in the gable fields on the side. There are small patches of snow in front and the surrounding trees are bare, lit from the left by a low sun. In front left is a large stone structure topped by latticed square-shaped woodwork with a gabled roof.

South profile and east elevation, 2016
Location Wynkoop Ln., Rhinebeck, New York
Coordinates 41°56′30″N 73°53′51″W / 41.94167°N 73.89750°W / 41.94167; -73.89750Coordinates: 41°56′30″N 73°53′51″W / 41.94167°N 73.89750°W / 41.94167; -73.89750
Area 3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built c. 1730
MPS Rhinebeck Town MRA
NRHP Reference #

87001069

[1]
Added to NRHP July 9, 1987

Traver House is a historic home located at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1730 and enlarged about 1790. It is a one to two story, stone and frame building built into a hillside. It has a slate covered gable roof. Also on the property are a contributing well / well house and stone retaining wall.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Nancy Todd, Neil Larson (September 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Traver House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-08.


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