Robert Sands Estate
The Robert Sands Estate was a historic home located at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. The house was built about 1796 and is a 2 1⁄2-story, brick filled wood frame building, with a gable roof and sheathed in clapboard. It sat on an extant stone foundation and measured five bays wide by four deep. Also on the property were a contributing 1 1⁄2-story frame cottage and four frame farm outbuildings, including a Dutch barn.[2]
Robert Sands Estate | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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Location | 1.5 mi (2.4 km). E of Rhinebeck at NY 308 and NY 9, Rhinebeck, New York |
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Coordinates | 41°56′6″N 73°52′40″W |
Area | 150 acres (61 ha) |
Built | c. 1796 |
MPS | Rhinebeck Town MRA (AD) |
NRHP reference No. | 75001183 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 24, 1975 |
Removed from NRHP | August 3, 2015 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] In 2015 the National Park Service, which oversees the Register, announced that it was considering a request to remove it[3] as a result of a 1999 fire that left only the foundation.[4] It did so in August of that year.[5]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Lynn A. Beebe (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Robert Sands Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-08. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".
- "Pending (Not yet acted upon) list". National Park Service. June 20, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- Kemnble, William (April 29, 2015). "Despite fire, Rhinebeck Town Board wants to maintain colonial estate's landmark status". Daily Freeman. Kingston, NY. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- "National Register of Historic Places listings for August 14, 2015". U.S. National Park Service. August 14, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
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