Lace House (Canaan, New York)
The Lace House, also known as Uriah Edwards House, located at New York State Route 22 in Canaan, New York in the United States. The building is an early 19th century built in post and beam construction home.
It was founded by the brothers Fuller Brothers in a more formal design of the Federal Style, which was since the construction of the house by settlers from New England brought to. The original kitchen wing was replaced at the beginning of the 20th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 21, 1985.
Building
The house and a non- contributing garage located on a 5700 m² plot of land on the east side of Route 22, directly across from the Miller Road and approximately 1500 m north of the access road to Interstate 90 The land rises to the east of, in the direction of about two kilometers away State Border to Massachusetts on the other side of the hill. A set of wooden fence posts runs along the roadside. The surrounding buildings in the small hamlet of Flat Brook are some commercial properties and some residential buildings.
The building itself is a two story building with five bays, whose facade with pine boards on a dry wall socket. A side wing with a similar height extends to the south. At both ends rise brick masonry chimneys, a large television antenna sits right at the north fireplace on the shingled roof.
A few steps on the west facade, which forms the front of the house, leading up to a portico with gable roof einjöchigen which sheltered the centrally located main entrance and is supported by a pair of wooden pillars. The pediment has a toothed entablature. The appearance of the portico is copied from a less ornamented portico above the rear entrance.
Fluted pilasters rise between the last yoke on each side and the rest of the windows up to the frieze. This is provided with tooth ornament and medallions and running around the building, with the exception of the east-facing back. All windows have a window shutter, which are most of them still bear the original hook. Also sitting at the corners pilasters; on the southwest corner there is a small satellite dish.
Over the full length of the south wing runs on its front porch. Another chimney rises on the southern end of the wing. The roof is made of tin.
Another pair of fluted pilasters flanking the main entrance surmounted by a great fighter window. It opens into the central hall that leads over the entire length of the house. Much of the interior is in original condition, including columns, wood carvings, baseboards and fireplace surrounds. The dining room has been equipped with new ceiling tiles. Part of the original wood plank flooring is obtained.
History
Uriah Edwards, who was born in nearby Richmond, joined in 1800 at the age of 31 years the state to accept a job in Flat Brook. After he once again fell short to Richmond, he settled permanently in 1802 in Flat Brook on to open his own store. Two years later he took over the local Betsy Olmsted, a descendant of the first settlers of Canaan to wife who also owned large plots of land south and west of the present house.
The house was built two years after the wedding. Unlike other contemporary homes in the Federal style that originated in Columbia County, the Lace House is profusely decorated. It corresponds to a vernacular patterns of early rural houses in the Federal Style, which is typical in the bordering Connecticut and Massachusetts part of New York; as well as about the Tabor - Wing House in Dover Plains, a large part of the ornament is mounted in the front porch. His general ornament already gave the House of Edwards ' shortly after the construction of the nickname " Lace House", under which it is known since then.
Edwards later sold a portion of his land to the newly formed Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad, later the Hudson and Berkshire, followed by the Boston and Albany Railroad, the first railroad New York and Massachusetts joined together. He opened the station, who was known as Edwards station until its demolition mid-20th century. Edwards was active in local politics and was town clerk, city treasurer and member of the New York State Assembly. He died in 1851 and his wife 16 years later.
After her death, the inheritance went to her sister Lucinda Edwards Woodworth, which soon left her own daughter. This had married into another local family, the Curtis family. One of the descendants, Harriet Curtis, transferred it to one of the neighbors. After her death, her executor appealed against this transfer, which is why the house stood empty for several years. The kitchen wing on the south side fell until the dispute was settled in 1921.
William Edwards sold the property a short time later at the family Rathbun, who tore the original Küchenflugel and built the present-day cultivation. At the time, the chimneys were added, and the original shingle roof replaced with a metal roof. They also dug a new well and let electrify the house.
The descendants of the family 60 years later sold it to the Brusch family. In 1983 the house was renovated, with power and water lines upgraded to the latest standard, as well as interior and exterior repair were set. The biggest change at this time was the construction of the rear portico. After completion of work, they operated in the house is a Bed and Breakfast.
Documents
- Monument on the National Register of Historic Places (New York)
- Residential buildings in New York
- Built in the 1800s
- Building of the Federal-style
- Columbia County (New York)