Bykenhulle
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Bykenhulle
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South elevation and west profile, 2008
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| Location | Hopewell Junction, NY |
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| Nearest city | Poughkeepsie |
| Coordinates | 41°34′59″N 73°46′12″W / 41.58306°N 73.77000°WCoordinates: 41°34′59″N 73°46′12″W / 41.58306°N 73.77000°W |
| Area | 5.7 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 91001872 |
| Added to NRHP | December 30, 1991 |
Bykenhulle, originally known as Ivy Hall, is a historic house located on Bykenhulle Road near the hamlet of Hopewell Junction, New York, United States, in the Town of East Fishkill. It is a wooden house in the Greek Revival architectural style.
First built in the middle of the 19th century by a member of the locally prominent Adriance family, it was originally the center of a large farmstead. By the early 20th century the failing farm was subdivided, leaving the house on a smaller lot. A later set of owners bought it for use as a country retreat and renamed it after the original Dutch spelling of their name.
They renovated and restored the house with the intent of preserving its historic character. It retains enough despite the much newer residential construction around it that, in 1991, it and two of its outbuildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently it is used as a bed and breakfast.
Bykenhulle is located on a pair of lots totalling 5.7 acres (2.3 ha) in the north of East Fishkill. They are bordered by Bykenhulle Road on the south, neighboring residences on the east and west, and the Taconic State Parkway to the rear. It is on a slight rise just south of the Fishkill Creek flood plain. The neighborhood is wooded except for the cleared lots, many of which compare in size to Bykenhulle. A brick fence runs along the front.
The buildings are mostly located on the 3.7-acre (1.5 ha) lot, the larger of the two. At its east corner, a driveway leads in past the house and continues through to an exit at the parkway in the rear. A brick fence runs along the front of the property. The lot has mature trees and plantings, with an evergreen buffer at the rear along the parkway. The two-acre (8,000 m²) lot to the southwest is today mostly a large lawn.
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