William Pitcher Farmstead HSR

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CONTENTS ____________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION HISTORY The Schuyler Patent and the Palatines 3 The Pitchers, Generations I-III 9 The Pitchers, Generations IV-VII 13 The Last 73 Years 19 DESCRIPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The Site 20 The House Exterior 22 Recommendations 31 Interior 32 Recommendations 97 Green Renovation Recommendations 98 APPENDICES I II III IV V VI VII VIII BIBLIOGRAPHY Deed Chronology and Maps Pitcher Genealogy Pitcher Population Schedule Drawings Existing 2004 Structural Evolution Masonry Analysis Wood Analysis Finishes Analysis Wallpaper Samples
INTRODUCTION ____________________________________________________________________________ The William Pitcher farmhouse is located near the hamlet of Upper Red Hook, New York and was likely built between 1725 and 1746, but certainly prior to 1768. On May 25 of that year, the property was deeded to William Pitcher by his father and referred to as “the farm now in the possession of the said William Bitcher(sic).” 1 It is an important domestic building for the fact that is one of the oldest surviving examples of timberframed Dutch/German vernacular architecture in the area. The house is set back 250 yards from the north side of Pitcher Lane, a quiet east-west road, a mile and a half long connecting Route 9, known prior to 1776 as the King’s Highway, to County Route 79, formerly referred to as the road to Red Hook Landing. Members of the Pitcher family lived in the house continuously until the later years of the 19th century. After that it became an incidental structure. The farmhouse remained in the family, likely a lodging for seasonal workers on the large fruit farm, until 1942. The larger farm property was sold seven times in the second half of the 20th century, becoming a dairy enterprise by the 1970s. The William Pitcher house was intermittently occupied, most recently by the herdsman of Linden Farms and his family. Since 2000, the farmhouse has been vacant, home to raccoons and occasional vandals. The roof, which is at least 100 years old, has kept the weather out, but there are some failures in the building envelope. 1 Dutchess County Clerk’s Office, Poughkeepsie, New York
Page 1: WILLIAM PITCHER FARMSTEAD Historic
Page 5 and 6: HISTORY THE SCHUYLER PATENT AND THE
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Page 23 and 24: side is a mid-20th-century concrete
Page 25 and 26: SOUTH ELEVATION South elevation 200
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Page 31 and 32: WEST ELEVATION West elevation 2004
Page 33 and 34: IMMEDIATE EXTERIOR RECOMMENDATIONS
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Page 37 and 38: THE CELLAR: Description and Conditi
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14” 105-3 Federal architrave and
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103-5 astrigal detail 103-6 north w
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ROOM 105, EAST PARLOR Description:
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ROOM 106, SOUTH ROOM OF ELL Room 10
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106-1 floor board direction change;
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of 107 there is a closet 90” wide
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107-2 view south from 107, through
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ROOM 201, WEST BEDROOM Description:
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Evolution: Room 201 shows evidence
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ROOM 202, DORMER ROOM Description:
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202-1 view of northwest corner, dot
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ROOM 203, UPSTAIRS HALL Description
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203-1 upstairs hall, looking east;
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the door to 204. There is a broken
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204-3 looking east; north wall part
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ROOM 205, STORAGE AREA Description:
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photo 205-3- view from north end of
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where the ell is attached to the ma
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206-3 nails holding rafter of main
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206-9 knee brace at southwest corne
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ROOM 207, SERVANTS’ ROOM Descript
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207-3 north wall; boxed chimney; wa
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attic-1 access attic-2 bridle or la
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INTERIOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND R
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to the west, and one level down, a
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Original Green Design Strategies In
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completely uninsulated, and due to
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WILLIAM PITCHER FARMSTEAD RED HOOK,
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1905 Henry S. Elting inherits the f
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MAP 2 Dutchess County Wards Map fro
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MAP 4 1740 Cadwallader Colden Germa
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MAP 6 1746 Detail of 1746 division
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1800 Third Generation division of s
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1799 Philip Reichert Map showing Ho
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MAP 12 1850 Town of Red Hook arrow
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MAP 14 1938 US Geological Survey ar
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MAP 16 Map re-drawn by Frank J. Tea
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1943 survey map for Robert G. Greig
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APPENDIX IV Pitcher Farmstead Red H
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south elevation original 9-bent str
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CONTENTS Introduction Methodology F
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FINDINGS The RILEM tests showed tha
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Photo 105(a): south wall, brick nog
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Photo 207: garret room; mortar and
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Experiment 10 Penetration of Water:
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Experiment 10 Penetration of Water:
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masonry materials. RILEM Test Metho
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• Amoroso, G. and Fassina, V. Sto
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Sample 1(fig.1) is a piece of chimn
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ARCHDES 597M Assignment #4 -Simple
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Mortar Analysis Sample # Sample 105
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Plaster Analysis Sample # 102 S. Sa
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Plaster Analysis Sample # 105 S. Br
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Plaster Analysis Sample # 105 S Gra
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Plaster Analysis Sample # 107 Gray
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Plaster Analysis Sample # 202 Sampl
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Plaster Analysis Sample # 203 NW Sa
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Pitcher Farmstead: Downstairs Plast
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Pitcher Farmstead Red Hook, New Yor
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POPLAR The anchor beams are hewn PO
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RED PINE The anchor bent post sampl
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CHESTNUT The only sill sample colle
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PAINT FINISHES AND ANALYSIS Introdu
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METHODOLOGY Samples were collected
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UPPER LEVEL SAMPLE SITES 4
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FINISHES ANALYSIS Sample Stair 1 Bu
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CHROMOCHRONOLOGY Reactions: Vin= vi
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INTRODUCTION / METHODOLOGY Samples
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fig. 3- Room 103 surface mint green
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• ROOM 105, west wall, anchor bea
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fig. 12- Room 105 zoom on red area,
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The surface layer of Room 103 tests
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RESOURCES • Stevens, John R. Dutc
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