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The Homestead (Haverstraw, New York)

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Isaac's tenure as owner would be as short as several of the others. He sold it in 1863 to a lawyer, Abraham Conger. Seven years later, George Snedeker bought it. He died in 1873 and willed the house to his wife, who remained until her death in 1901. Their son Samuel inherited the house, passing it to
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Since then it has been home to a number of prominent local residents, and passed down through two different families. It has been altered slightly, with the original front now the house's rear, but it remains mostly intact. In 1983 it was listed on the
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his sister Lucretia Fowler in 1914. She sold it a year later to a woman named Abbie Kennedy, who was the step-grandmother of Eugene Newman. 18-year-old Eugene was the victim in the infamous 1914
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in the 20th century, streets were laid out in what had been farmland. Hudson Avenue was located such that the house's rear elevation had to be converted into its front.
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Inside, the floor plan remains unchanged. Finishings are plain and simple with the exception of the main hall and large first floor rooms, which have
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to the east, exposing the house's basement on that elevation. The neighborhood is residential, with a few multiple-unit dwellings.
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on the east side of Hudson Avenue near the junction with Tor Avenue. The ground slopes steadily down toward the
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Kennedy lived in the house until selling it to Aloysius Lynch, a longtime Haverstraw schools
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and a central gable on the roof top. At basement level is a door with sidelights and
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preachers at the Homestead, due to Denoyelles' interest in that denomination.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockland County, New York
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Peter left the property to his brother Asbury, then the county
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just before the war. Peter Denoyelles, later to serve in the
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was beginning, Pye (who would later die in action at the
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The house sits on a 135-by-155-foot (41 by 47 m)
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Front view of the Homestead, with trees on either side.
The Homestead (Haverstraw, New York) is located in New York
The Homestead (Haverstraw, New York) is located in the United States
Haverstraw, New York
Peekskill
41°11′35″N 73°57′54″W / 41.19306°N 73.96500°W / 41.19306; -73.96500
83004154
historic house
village
Haverstraw, New York
National Register of Historic Places
lot
Hudson River
bay
frame
sided
clapboard
gabled
shingled
cornice
louvered
shutters
brackets
transom
architrave
classically inspired
decoration
Revolution
Peter

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