National Register of Historic Places

Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory

Salem, Washington County, New York
Listed
June 8, 2014
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
14000290

About this property

Martin–Fitch House and Asa Fitch Jr. Laboratory, also known as the Fitch House, is a historic home and laboratory located at Salem, Washington County, New York. The house was built about 1787, and modified between about 1796 and 1812, and again about 1830. It is a two-story, five-bay, Late Georgian style heavy timber frame dwelling. It has a steep hipped slate roof with dormers and two interior chimneys. The Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory, or “Bug House,” was built about 1825 and enlarged about 1860. It is a small two-story, gable roofed frame rectangular building with a lean-to addition. Also on the property are the contributing barn (c. 1825 and later) and milk house (c. 1900). It was the home and laboratory of Asa Fitch (1809-1879), first occupational entomologist in the U.S. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Location

4183 NY 29
Salem, Washington County, New York
43.15144, -73.38021

Categories

ARCHITECTURESCIENCE
Sources

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

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When was Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory listed on the National Register?

Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 2014.

What type of historic resource is Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory?

Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory is recorded as the industrial era.

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