Masterton-Dusenberry House
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Masterton-Dusenberry House is a historic home located at Bronxville
, Westchester County, New York
. It was built in the 1830s in an eclectic Greek Revival
style. It was built as a summer home for locally prominent stonemason Alexander Masterson. It is a two story, wood frame residence on a stone foundation with a clapboard exterior and gable roof. It features a one story, three bay wood front porch with an elaborate Doric order
entabulature, fluted columns, and a delicate railing. It also features a roofline balustrade
. An addition was completed in the 1920s.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980.
Bronxville, New York
Bronxville is an affluent village within the town of Eastchester, New York, in the United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located approximately north of midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County. At the 2010 census, Bronxville had a population of 6,323...
, 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 built in the 1830s in an eclectic Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style. It was built as a summer home for locally prominent stonemason Alexander Masterson. It is a two story, wood frame residence on a stone foundation with a clapboard exterior and gable roof. It features a one story, three bay wood front porch with an elaborate Doric order
Doric order
The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...
entabulature, fluted columns, and a delicate railing. It also features a roofline balustrade
Baluster
A baluster is a moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, standing on a unifying footing, and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase. Multiplied in this way, they form a...
. An addition was completed in the 1920s.
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 1980.