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252:, Henry Suydam was descended from an old New York merchant family. His parents were Jane (née Mesier) Suydam and John Suydam, who was considered "one of the old Knickerbocker merchants" and was head of Suydam & Wycoff. Henry Suydam started a successful tea business before retiring some time in his 40s to turn to his private interests of writing and art. Henry Suydam was an artist in his own right, whose works are displayed at the National Academy of Design. In 1882 he privately published a book detailing the history of his mother's family, the Mesiers, combined with a history of the Zion Episcopal Church. 712: 233:". A scenic location, with roads lined with stone walls, properties greeting guests with magnificent stone pillars and iron gates, it includes 49 contributing buildings, 15 contributing sites, and four contributing structures. It encompasses the estates of Obercreek, Elmhurst, Edge Hill, Henry Suydam, William Crosby, and Carnwath that were developed between 1740 and 1940. Also included are two 18th century riverfront commercial structures, the Lent / Waldron Store and Stone House at Farmer's Landing. It was added to the 295: 67: 92: 1218: 1238: 1228: 719: 354:
Tall Trees subdivision. It stood until the early 1900s until a fire burned it to the ground. According to several residents whose houses are located on the former Crosby Estate, a disgruntled servant was left in charge of the mansion while the family was away in Europe. He burned it down and pieces of the house and personal belongings can still be found on the site today.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, the Crosby House was owned by G.C. Satterlee. The Satterlees were linked by marriage to the Suydam family, owners of the Suydam House. Located on the east side of Wheeler Hill Road, the former Crosby Estate is now the location of several private stone residences and the
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purchased the property and built the dormitory building and chapel in the mid-1950s. The property was purchased by the Town of Wappinger in 1999 as a park, with hopes to restore the Carnwath Manor, Carriage House, and other structures on the property. It is also home to the Sports Museum of Dutchess
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A few rods below the house are the remains of an old dock...Before the waterfront at New Hamburgh was improved it was the landing place for passengers and freight consigned to Wappingers Falls. In those days a prosperous freighting business was carried on by means of sloops which plied between here
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Obercreek was built by William H. Willis in 1856 as their new home after they sold Carnwath just down the road. Since the Willis' were related to the Mesiers the estate was passed down to them and finally to the Reese family who presented plans for development of the property to the Town in 2007.
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Samuel Stevens Sands, who died on Sunday at his country place, Elmhurst, New-Hamburg, N. Y., was only one or two places from the head of the list of Stock Exchange members in point of length of connection with that institution. He joined it in 1854. For many years he was head of the firm of S.S.
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which was used to sell and ship out wheat and other crops to cities and consumers. This location later became known as Farmers Landing. The house is also known as being hit with a cannonball from a British Naval ship on its way to burn the
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The original house was built in 1810. It was remodeled in the 1840s in the Greek Revival style then popular. The estate covered seventy-five acres. Henry Suydam's daughter Emily married Dr. Clarence Satterlee, brother of
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operated a church on the property. Since no physical church building was ever constructed, they conducted services at an outdoor pulpit. The property formerly housed the Deer Hill Conference Center, and later
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in 1854. He acted as broker for a number of important financial interests, including the Astors. Sands died at the age of sixty-six at his country estate, "Elmhurst", July 26, 1892. By the mid-1900s, the
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Rives constructed the Carriage House in 1873 to hold some of the finest carriages and stable horses in the entire country. Later his son, Reginald, inherited the estate, he was elected supervisor of
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is one of the first properties developed as a country estate. In 1846 Henry Suydam purchased a farmhouse and a parcel of surrounding land from Job Angel for a country estate. The brother of artist
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to General George Barclay and then built Obercreek. In 1870, General Barclay sold Carnwath to his son-in-law, Francis Robert Rives. Wheeler Hill Road was once known as Rives Avenue or hill.
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was given the northern portion of the patent. By 1750, his descendant, William Verplanck, was given a portion of the patent and constructed a stone homestead and mill in
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Today a portion of the estate is open to the public every weekend with an organic market and for events associated with the newly restored Obercreek CSA.
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in 1991. Today the historic district is mostly made up of residential houses, but Carnwath and Obercreek are opened to the public.
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Samuel S. Sands built "Elmhurst" in 1865. Sands was a banker and broker in partnership with William Henry Reese and joined the
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Carnwath was originally built in 1850 for William and Lydia Willis, relatives of the Mesier family in nearby
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and New York carrying produce of the surrounding country while packets sloops conveyed passengers...The
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County which was dedicated in 2005 along with the Frances Reese Cultural Center (dormitory) by
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Sands Co., acting as a broker for many important financial interests, including the Astors'.
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in 1900. Around 1910 the property was sold to Isaac Untermyer, who was famous for defending
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal, Italianate, Colonial
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on the Sprout Creek. He also constructed a small stone structure on the
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York
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Glass, Charles B., "An Old Colonial House on the Hudson",
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Year Book of the Dutchess County Historical Society, 1923
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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By the 1920s the 153:41.57667; -73.94361 144: /  121:Wappinger, New York 300: 258:Henry Y. Satterlee 119:Wheeler Hill Rd., 1250: 1249: 687:Historic district 613:Town of Wappinger 562:Town of Wappinger 551:Town of Wappinger 435:. March 13, 2009. 231:Town of Wappinger 215:historic district 208: 207: 1285: 1240: 1230: 1229: 1220: 1219: 851:Kings (Brooklyn) 721: 714: 713: 652: 645: 638: 629: 623:Obercreek Estate 590: 581: 575: 570: 564: 559: 553: 548: 542: 541: 535: 533: 521: 513: 507: 498: 492: 485: 483: 481: 476: 464: 462: 460: 451: 443: 437: 436: 419: 385:City of Kingston 372:Gulian Verplanck 310:Wappingers Falls 191: 159: 158: 156: 155: 154: 149: 145: 142: 141: 140: 137: 107: 101: 100: 94: 82: 76: 75: 69: 24: 1293: 1292: 1288: 1287: 1286: 1284: 1283: 1282: 1253: 1252: 1251: 1246: 1208: 1177: 1129:Above 110th St. 1063: 1057: 728: 722: 716: 715: 711: 706: 665: 656: 599: 594: 593: 582: 578: 571: 567: 560: 556: 549: 545: 531: 529: 528:. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Wheeler Hill Historic District is located in New York
Wheeler Hill Historic District is located in the United States
Wappinger, New York
41°34′36″N 73°56′37″W / 41.57667°N 73.94361°W / 41.57667; -73.94361
91000678
historic district
Wappinger
Dutchess County, New York
Hudson River
Town of Wappinger
National Register of Historic Places

James Augustus Suydam
Henry Y. Satterlee
Samuel Stevens Sands
New York Stock Exchange
United Church of Christ
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors

Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park
Wappingers Falls
Civil War
Wappinger
William "Boss" Tweed
Augustinians
Hillary Clinton
Francis Rombout
Rombout Patent

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