National Register of Historic Places

Beecher-McFadden Estate

Peekskill, Westchester County, New York
Listed
November 2, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001894

About this property

The Beecher-McFadden Estate is a historic estate located on East Main Street in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. The estate includes an imposing brick mansion and a large support building set among scenic landscaping. The mansion, designed by architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee, was originally built in 1877 in a Victorian Gothic style, and was extensively remodeled in the 1920s in the Tudor Revival style. It is a large, 2+1⁄2-story, asymmetrical brick building with stone trim, Tudor arches, and plain balustrades. The north elevation retains the original 1+1⁄2-story, red brick walls with polychrome brick trim. The large support structure has a two-story center section, flanked by 1+1⁄2-story wings, and is in the Jacobean Revival style. The property was originally developed by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887), then purchased by the locally prominent McFadden family in 1902. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1987.

Location

Peekskill, Westchester County, New York
41.29850, -73.89488

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Beecher-McFadden Estate listed on the National Register?

Beecher-McFadden Estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Beecher-McFadden Estate?

Beecher-McFadden Estate is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Beecher-McFadden Estate is recorded as the industrial era.

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