National Register of Historic Places
Walter Beckwith House
Listed federally as Beckwith, Walter, House
Stanford, Dutchess County, New York
The record
- Listed
- May 31, 2016
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- 482 Jameson Hill Rd., Stanford
- County
- Dutchess
- State
- New York
- Contributing resources
- 5 buildings, 2 structures
- Coordinates
- 41.84300, -73.72843
- Reference number
- 16000306
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The story
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The Walter Beckwith House is a 6.71-acre historic district at 482 Jameson Hill Rd. in Stanford, Dutchess County, built c. 1876 in the Second Empire style. Its architect was James H. Seaman.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2016 under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in agriculture and architecture. Its significance runs from about 1830 to 1960, the year dairy farming ceased at the property.
Physical character
Clapboard walls with brick nogging stand on stone and brick foundations, and other features include slate shingles, a mansard roof and dormer windows. Around 1930 the farm gained a concrete block wing with a milking parlor, a front-gabled barn addition, concrete stave silos and a tractor barn. A dairy barn addition dates from about 1900, and an enclosed entrance porch was added to the rear block about 1950.
Historical context
Tweedy sold the farm to Cornelius Campbell in 1859, and Beckwith bought a 164-acre farm from Campbell in 1864. The Robinson estate was sold at auction to Evelyn B. Wood in 1905, and Wood sold the property in 1917. Fred L. Hall acquired the property in 1930 and in 1952 divided the farm between his sons Arthur and Harry. Dairy farming ceased there in 1960, and the current owners purchased the property in 2007.