Big House | |
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Location | US 9W near jct. with Closter Rd., Palisades, New York |
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Coordinates | 41°0′45″N 73°54′47″W / 41.01250°N 73.91306°W |
Area | 3.1 acres (1.3 ha) |
Built | 1735 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Vernacular Dutch Colonial |
MPS | Palisades MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90001008[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 12, 1990 |
Big House is a historic home located at Palisades in Rockland County, New York. The Big House is the oldest dwelling in Palisades and the only building remaining from the hamlet's formative years.[2] It was built about 1735 and is a large stone dwelling in a vernacular ethnic "Dutch" style. It consists of a rectangular central block flanked on either side by wings.[3] In the nomination for the National Register of Historic Places it is further described as embodying
the distinctive characteristics of the eighteenth-century regional Dutch vernacular building tradition, specifically its 1+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed form, linear plan, multiple entrances, and masonry construction.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]