Hastings Prototype House
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Hastings Prototype House is a historic home located at Hastings-on-Hudson
, Westchester County, New York
. It was planned to be one of a number of experimental Moderne
style dwellings along Farragut Parkway; the others were never built. It was built in 1936 and is a shaped as a cube with sides measuring 21 feet. It is built of prefabricated, reinforced concrete
panels erected on a cinder block
foundation. It features an entrance placed along a rounded corner beneath an arc shaped wooden portico
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1991.
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in the southwest part of the town of Greenburgh. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 7,849. It lies on U.S. Route 9, "Broadway" in Hastings...
, Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
. It was planned to be one of a number of experimental Moderne
Moderne architecture
Moderne architecture, also sometimes referred to as "Style Moderne" or simply "Moderne", a general United States landmarks term for styles of architecture that were popular from 1925 through the 1940s. It has expression in styles traditionally classified as Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and WPA...
style dwellings along Farragut Parkway; the others were never built. It was built in 1936 and is a shaped as a cube with sides measuring 21 feet. It is built of prefabricated, reinforced concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
panels erected on a cinder block
Cinder block
In the United States, a concrete masonry unit – also called concrete block, cement block, and foundation block – is a large rectangular brick used in construction. Concrete blocks are made from cast concrete, i.e. Portland cement and aggregate, usually sand and fine gravel for high-density blocks...
foundation. It features an entrance placed along a rounded corner beneath an arc shaped wooden portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1991.