Big House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Big House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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. 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. See also: 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 -story, gable-roofed form, linear plan, multiple entrances, and masonry construction. Read more on Wikipedia
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