St. Margaret's Home
St. Margaret's Home | |
41°58′51″N 73°52′57″W / 41.98083°N 73.88250°W / 41.98083; -73.88250 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1852 (1852)-1853 |
Architectural style | Italian Villa |
NRHP reference No. | 06000883[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 28, 2006 |
St. Margaret's Home, also known as Mrs. Astor's Orphan Asylum, is a historic Episcopal orphanage located at 7260 South Broadway in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, Italian Villa style brick building with brownstone trim. It features a front porch with fluted cast iron columns, French windows, and round arched center double entrance. Its construction and operation until 1872 was supported by Margaret Rebecca Armstrong Astor (1800-1872), wife of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792-1875) From 1872 to 1875, its patron was Margaret Astor Ward Chanler, wife of John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877), after which Congressman Chanler until his death in 1877 and afterwards the Chanler Estate. The orphanage closed in 1932.[2]: 3, 10–11
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 1, 2015. Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (May 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Margaret's Home" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs
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