Wyndclyffe, Mill Road, Rhinebeck vicinity, Dutchess County, NY

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43 b&w photos
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4 photo caption pages
3 color transparencies Supplemental Material

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TITLE:
Wyndclyffe, Mill Road, Rhinebeck vicinity, Dutchess County, NY

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NY,14-RHINB.V,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 43 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4
Color Transparencies: 3

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NY-5627

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-306, FN-307, FN-308).

Building/structure dates: 1853 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 182 subsequent work

Significance: Constructed in the popular Norman style, the design of this large brick house is attributed to local architect George Veitch. The master mason, John Byrd, executed the highly varied ornamental brickwork using only rectangular and few molded bricks. Originally called Wyndclyffe, the house was used a weekend and summer residence by its first owner, Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones of New York City. Edith Jones Wharton was a frequent childhood visitor. Wyndclyffe may have influence Miss Wharton in her book Hudson River Bracketed. Wyndclyffe was renamed Linden Grove by Andrew Finck, the second owner, in 1886.

SUBJECTS:
NEW YORK--Dutchess County--Rhinebeck vicinity

OTHER TITLE:
Linden Grove

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0191

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM NORTHWEST OF NORTH REAR OF STRUCTURE
2. GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTH FRONT WITH SQUARE TOWER, AND EAST SIDE, FROM SOUTHEAST
3. VIEW OF WEST SIDE FROM NORTHWEST
4. VIEW OF EAST SIDE FROM SOUTHEAST
5. NARROW VIEW OF EAST SIDE FROM SOUTHEAST
6. WIDE VIEW, EAST FACADE
7. EAST FACADE FROM SOUTHEAST, WITH CIRCULAR TOWER/BAY
8. DETAIL, SOUTHEAST TOWER/BAY, LOOKING NORTH
9. GENERAL VIEW OF NORTH REAR WITH SOUTHEAST TOWER/BAY ON LEFT
10. VIEW DOWN PATH TO HOUSE, SHOWING WEST FACADE FROM NORTHWEST
11. DETAIL, WEST SIDE FROM SOUTHWEST
12. VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST SHOWING WEST PORTION OF SOUTH FRONT AND PORCH DETAIL
13. VIEW FROM SOUTH SHOWING WEST PORTION OF SOUTH FRONT
14. UNCORRECTED VIEW OF FACADES FROM SOUTHWEST, DISTORTION EMPHASIZED
15. UNCORRECTED VIEW OF UPPER PORTION OF BUILDING FROM SOUTHWEST, DISTORTION EMPHASIZED
16. DETAIL, TOP OF ROUND TOWER/BAY LOOKING NORTHWEST
17. DETAIL, WEST DORMER, SOUTH SIDE, SEEN FROM SOUTH SQUARE TOWER WINDOW, HUDSON RIVER IN BACKGROUND
18. DETAIL OF CHIMNEY AND CHIMNEY POTS, WEST (LIBRARY) SIDE OF HOUSE
19. GENERAL DETAIL OF CORNICE, WEST SIDE
20. DETAIL, BRICK ORNAMENTATION, SOUTH FRONT, SQUARE TOWER
21. DETAIL VIEW, CORNICE AREA, WEST SIDE
22. TELEPHOTO VIEW, WEST SIDE, SHOWING GABLE-END CHIMNEY AND CHIMNEY POTS
23. VIEW FROM WEST SHOWING SQUARE TOWER WALL, SOUTH FRONT, ABOVE PORCH ROOF
24. VIEW OF DORMER, WEST END, SOUTH FRONT
25. VIEW OF LOWER SOUTH FRONT AREA FROM SOUTHEAST
26. DETAIL, BASE OF ROUND CORNER TOWER/BAY EAST QUADRANT, LOOKING WEST
27. DETAIL, WEST END OF SOUTH PORCH, VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
28. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING DETERIORATION OF SOUTH FRONT PORCH, WEST SIDE
29. VIEW OF BRICK ORNAMENTAL BELT COURSE, SOUTH FRONT
30. DETAIL OF FENESTRATION AND ORNAMENTAL BELT COURSE, SOUTH FRONT
31. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF PORCH, SOUTH FRONT, WEST SIDE
32. DETAIL VIEW, SOUTH FRONT PORCH, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
33. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH FRONT PORCH, LOOKING NORTHEAST
34. DETAIL, SOUTH FRONT ENTRANCE SHOWING ONE REMAINING SPIRAL CAST-IRON COLUMN
35. DETAIL VIEW OF BALUSTRADE, SOUTH FRONT PORCH
36. DETAIL VIEW, ORNAMENTAL BRICKWORK, SOUTH FRONT PORCH ENTRANCE
37. DETAIL VIEW, CAST-IRON SPIRAL COLUMN, EAST SIDE, SOUTH FRONT ENTRANCE
38. FIRST-FLOOR INTERIOR DETAIL AS SEEN THROUGH ARCHES SHOWING STAIRCASE, NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE
39. FIRST-FLOOR MAIN STAIR HALL, LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST
40. FIRST-FLOOR PARLOR, SOUTHEAST CORNER SECTION SEEN FROM WEST, SHOWING PARLOR BADLY DAMAGED BY ELEMENTS
41. INTERIOR VIEW OF LIBRARY, FIRST FLOOR, NORTH WALL, VIEWED FROM SOUTHWEST
42. DETAIL VIEW, SECOND FLOOR, EAST WALL OF WEST ROOM
43. ATTIC AREA SHOWING SKYLIGHT ENCLOSURE AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION (VISIBLE BECAUSE OF DETERIORATION)
GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTH FRONT WITH SQUARE TOWER, AND EAST SIDE FROM SOUTHEAST
VIEW OF WEST SIDE FROM NORTHWEST
UNCORRECTED VIEW OF FACADES FROM SOUTHWEST, DISTORTION EMPHASIZED

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NY0191

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