Hudson Valley Colonial
New Netherland Colony 1609-1664 → eventually NY
- Renaissance spreads from Italy to Western Europe, eventually to America
- Early American architecture tends to be simplified
New Netherland → NY
New Amsterdam → NYC
Beverwyck (Albany)
George Holland, View of Broad Street, 1797 → (gives info about Dutch
influence)
Jacob (Jean) Hasbrouck House, New Paltz, 1722
- Region-specific housing (stone was available)
- Steeply pitched roof
- Vernacular building traditions (no Renaissance yet)
- Big hallway (status symbol)
- Jambless fireplace (sideless Dutch fireplace)
- Dutch doors (keep livestock out)
Ten Broeck House (Senate House), Kingston, NY, 1676-1695
- Longitudinal and non-symmetrical house
- Symmetry is not currently important
John De Wint House, Tappan, Rockland County, 1700
, - Vernacularly different from Northern Hudson Valley houses
- Stone and brick, roof flare
Upper Mills, Phillipsburg Manor, Tarrytown, 1682 & 1720
- Northern plantation (enslaved people), mill complex, and main house with
Dutch doors
Phillip Peter Schuyler House, Albany, before 1667
- Gable end facing street
- No longer exists
- High stoop → typical of Dutch architecture
Georgian style → white trim and brick, symmetry (door in the middle, two
windows on either side)
MacPhaeans-Warner House, Portsmouth, NH, 1718
- Georgian house
Lefevre/1799 House, Huguenot St
- Stone on side (Dutch) but mostly brick
- Symmetrical
- Fan light round window
Schuyler Mansion, Albany, NY, 1761-1764
- Alexander Hamilton’s wife’s house
- Red brick structure, Georgian style
, - Built right before the Revolution
- Behind the house is a courtyard (many enslaved people worked here)
Washington Irving and George Harvey, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, NY, 1835-37
- Crow-stepped gables
The Early Republic in the Hudson Valley
Federal style → similar to Georgian style
Greek Revival → appears around 1820, monumental, classical
Charles Bulfinch, First Harrison Gray Otis House, 1795-96
- Federal style
- Ends are crisp and linear
Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany, 1798
- Built by General Abraham Ten Broeck after the Revolution
- Technically federal style
Boscobel, Garrison, Putnam County, 1804-08
- Built for a Dutchman who was a loyalist
- Fan light around the doorway
- Symetrical
- Beautiful view of the river and mountains
New Netherland Colony 1609-1664 → eventually NY
- Renaissance spreads from Italy to Western Europe, eventually to America
- Early American architecture tends to be simplified
New Netherland → NY
New Amsterdam → NYC
Beverwyck (Albany)
George Holland, View of Broad Street, 1797 → (gives info about Dutch
influence)
Jacob (Jean) Hasbrouck House, New Paltz, 1722
- Region-specific housing (stone was available)
- Steeply pitched roof
- Vernacular building traditions (no Renaissance yet)
- Big hallway (status symbol)
- Jambless fireplace (sideless Dutch fireplace)
- Dutch doors (keep livestock out)
Ten Broeck House (Senate House), Kingston, NY, 1676-1695
- Longitudinal and non-symmetrical house
- Symmetry is not currently important
John De Wint House, Tappan, Rockland County, 1700
, - Vernacularly different from Northern Hudson Valley houses
- Stone and brick, roof flare
Upper Mills, Phillipsburg Manor, Tarrytown, 1682 & 1720
- Northern plantation (enslaved people), mill complex, and main house with
Dutch doors
Phillip Peter Schuyler House, Albany, before 1667
- Gable end facing street
- No longer exists
- High stoop → typical of Dutch architecture
Georgian style → white trim and brick, symmetry (door in the middle, two
windows on either side)
MacPhaeans-Warner House, Portsmouth, NH, 1718
- Georgian house
Lefevre/1799 House, Huguenot St
- Stone on side (Dutch) but mostly brick
- Symmetrical
- Fan light round window
Schuyler Mansion, Albany, NY, 1761-1764
- Alexander Hamilton’s wife’s house
- Red brick structure, Georgian style
, - Built right before the Revolution
- Behind the house is a courtyard (many enslaved people worked here)
Washington Irving and George Harvey, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, NY, 1835-37
- Crow-stepped gables
The Early Republic in the Hudson Valley
Federal style → similar to Georgian style
Greek Revival → appears around 1820, monumental, classical
Charles Bulfinch, First Harrison Gray Otis House, 1795-96
- Federal style
- Ends are crisp and linear
Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany, 1798
- Built by General Abraham Ten Broeck after the Revolution
- Technically federal style
Boscobel, Garrison, Putnam County, 1804-08
- Built for a Dutchman who was a loyalist
- Fan light around the doorway
- Symetrical
- Beautiful view of the river and mountains
