National Register of Historic Places
Jacob & Caroline Hawkins House
Listed federally as Hawkins, Jacob & Caroline, House
Campbell Hall, Orange County, New York
The record
- Listed
- June 24, 2019
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 3764 NY 208, Campbell Hall
- County
- Orange
- State
- New York
- Contributing resources
- 1 building, 2 structures
- Coordinates
- 41.47291, -74.20795
- Reference number
- 100004088
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The story
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The Jacob & Caroline Hawkins House is a Greek Revival dwelling at 3764 NY 208 in Campbell Hall, Orange County, built around 1839 and listed in the National Register in 2019.
Why it's listed
It was listed under Criterion C, with local-level significance in architecture. Its period of significance runs from the 1720s, when William Bull and Sarah Wells arrived in the patent in 1719, to around 1839, when the house was built.
Physical character
The two-and-a-half-story, gable-ended house has a three-bay façade with an offset entrance, a wraparound porch on fluted Greek Doric columns, and deep friezes with paneled pilasters. Inside, a side hall plan leads to double parlors with grey marble mantels; the original clapboard siding and wood-shingle roof were later replaced with cement-asbestos shingles and asphalt. A rear kitchen ell has a basement fireplace and bake oven cast by J.W. Wells & Co., and a stone-and-brick smokehouse stands nearby.
Historical context
The house was built around 1839 for the Hawkins family; George C. and Matthew R. Rowe bought it in 1935. The Rowe family and then New York State held it until 2002, when the Orange County Historical Society took possession. A 1972 agreement saved it from demolition.