Hyatt-Livingston House

Hyatt-Livingston House
1904 image of the house
Location 152 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, New York
Coordinates 41°0′32″N 73°52′45″W / 41.00889°N 73.87917°W / 41.00889; -73.87917Coordinates: 41°0′32″N 73°52′45″W / 41.00889°N 73.87917°W / 41.00889; -73.87917
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built ca. 1698
NRHP reference #

72000917

[1]
Added to NRHP October 5, 1972

Hyatt-Livingston House was an historic home located at Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York. The house started as a simple tenant-farmer's dwelling about 1698. In the 18th century, it was enlarged to a five-bay, ​2 1⁄2-story dwelling that now forms the central part of the house. It was of wood frame construction, with a gable roof, and sitting on a fieldstone foundation. The 2-story west wing was built by Philip Livingston (?-1810) between 1779 and 1810. A monument in front of the house, placed in 1895, falsely claimed that, during the American Revolution, the house served as George Washington's headquarters for a period in 1781.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] The house was destroyed by fire on September 1, 1974.

The monument in front with the false inscription about the house having been Washington's headquarters was corrected in 2000.[3]

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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. ↑ Lynn Beebe Weaver (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Hyatt-Livingston House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-24. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
  3. ↑ Hu, Winnie (2000-10-09). "After Century, Town Finds It Cannot Tell a Lie". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-13.


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