Cornelius Wynkoop Stone House
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Cornelius Wynkoop Stone House
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House in 2007, with sugar maple tree in foreground
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| Location | Stone Ridge, NY |
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| Nearest city | Kingston |
| Coordinates | 41°50′48″N 74°08′43″W / 41.84667°N 74.14528°WCoordinates: 41°50′48″N 74°08′43″W / 41.84667°N 74.14528°W |
| Built | 1772 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Part of | Main Street Historic District (#88000666) |
| NRHP reference # | 96000138 |
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| Added to NRHP | February 23, 1996 |
| Designated CP | June 7, 1988 |
The Cornelius Wynkoop Stone House is located along US 209 in the hamlet of Stone Ridge, New York, United States. It is a stone house in the Georgian style, built from 1767-72 for Cornelius Evert Wynkoop. It is a contributing property to the Main Street Historic District, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in its own right in 1996.
The house combines a Georgian plan with a gambrel roof, an unusual combination reflecting British and Dutch tastes found on only one other stone house in the Hudson Valley.George Washington spent a night at the house as well.
The two-story building sits on a 60 by 33 feet (18 by 10 m) base. All facades are made of locally quarried gray limestone. The since-modified original first floor plan of a center hall dividing a large room on one side from two smaller ones on the other is still evident in the basement layout, with the original winter kitchen in the southwest corner. The second story is given over to bedrooms and storage space. The fine wide stair, with gumwood balusters and rails gives ascent to the attic, used also for storage.
A 24 by 35 feet (7.3 by 10.7 m) stone ell at the rear considerably predates the rest of the house, possibly having been built as early as 1715 as a tenant farmer's home. It has evidence of a jambless fireplace, probably removed when the old house was converted into the Wynkoops' summer kitchen. Porches and the picket fence out front were added in later years.
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