Hyatt-Livingston House

Hyatt-Livingston House was an historic home located at Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York. The house started as a simple tenant-farmer's dwelling about 1698. In the 18th century, it was enlarged to a five-bay, ​2 ¹⁄₂-story dwelling that now forms the central part of the house. It was of wood frame construction, with a gable roof, and sitting on a fieldstone foundation. The 2-story west wing was built by Philip Livingston (?-1810) between 1779 and 1810. A monument in front of the house, placed in 1895, falsely claimed that, during the American Revolution, the house served as George Washington's headquarters for a period in 1781.[2]

Hyatt-Livingston House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1904 image of the house
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Location	152 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, New York
Coordinates	41°0′32″N 73°52′45″W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	ca. 1698
NRHP reference No.	72000917 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 5, 1972

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] The house was destroyed by fire on September 1, 1974.

The monument in front with the false inscription about the house having been Washington's headquarters was corrected in 2000.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Lynn Beebe Weaver (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Hyatt-Livingston House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-24. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
3. Hu, Winnie (2000-10-09). "After Century, Town Finds It Cannot Tell a Lie". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-13.