Rokeby (Barrytown, New York)
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Rokeby, also known as La Bergerie, is a historic estate and federally recognized historic district
located at Barrytown
in Dutchess County, New York
. It includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing structures. The original section of the main house was built 1811–1815. It started as a rectangular, 2-story structure with a hipped roof topped by a square, pyramidal-roofed cupola
. It features a Palladian window. A -story addition constructed of fieldstone
was built about 1816. The property was subsequently acquired by William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
(1795–1875), who enlarged the house in the mid-19th century, in brick with brownstone
trim, with a semi-octagonal tower on the west side, a north wing, and a third floor throughout the building. The last major addition occurred in 1895 when Stanford White
enlarged the west drawing room. The landscaping was improved about 1840 and in 1911 by the Olmsted Brothers
. Also on the property are a pair of clapboarded wood-frame barns, additional stables (built about 1850 and destroyed by fire), greenhouse (converted to a garage in 1910, then to a residence in 1965), the square brick gardener's cottage, and a -story gatehouse. The property also includes a brick stable designed by McKim, Mead & White, and a private docking facility.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1975.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Barrytown
Barrytown, New York
Barrytown is a hamlet within the town of Red Hook in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is within the Hudson River Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, and comprises four of the Hudson River Valley estates: Edgewater, Messina, Rokeby, and Sylvania...
in Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...
. It includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing structures. The original section of the main house was built 1811–1815. It started as a rectangular, 2-story structure with a hipped roof topped by a square, pyramidal-roofed cupola
Cupola
In architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like, structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome....
. It features a Palladian window. A -story addition constructed of fieldstone
Fieldstone
Fieldstone is a building construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally...
was built about 1816. The property was subsequently acquired by William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
William Backhouse Astor, Sr. was an American businessman and member of the Astor family.-Origins and schooling:...
(1795–1875), who enlarged the house in the mid-19th century, in brick with brownstone
Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic or Jurassic sandstone which was once a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States to refer to a terraced house clad in this material.-Types:-Apostle Island brownstone:...
trim, with a semi-octagonal tower on the west side, a north wing, and a third floor throughout the building. The last major addition occurred in 1895 when Stanford White
Stanford White
Stanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found...
enlarged the west drawing room. The landscaping was improved about 1840 and in 1911 by the Olmsted Brothers
Olmsted Brothers
The Olmsted Brothers company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by stepbrothers John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. .-History:...
. Also on the property are a pair of clapboarded wood-frame barns, additional stables (built about 1850 and destroyed by fire), greenhouse (converted to a garage in 1910, then to a residence in 1965), the square brick gardener's cottage, and a -story gatehouse. The property also includes a brick stable designed by McKim, Mead & White, and a private docking facility.
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 1975.