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transferred his farm to his son. Andrew Pitcher’s property was valued at $7,000 and his farm implements at $200. In 1850 he had 78 acres of improved land and 10 acres of wood lot; 2 horses, 6 milk cows, 1 other type of cattle, 22 sheep, 5 swine, all valued at $422. He was producing rye, corn, and oats. After John W. Pitcher’s death in 1859, Andrew lived in the farmhouse with his wife, five children, one 28-year-old 37 female servant, and a laborer, John Millham (50). The Agricultural Production Schedule of 1860 shows that Andrew Pitcher had increased his yield of rye from 260 bushels to 300, and doubled his oat crop since 1850; but his Indian corn production decreased by 75% . He had also replaced all of his sheep with swine. Andrew K. Pitcher’s cousin and neighbor to the east, William Wilson Pitcher, died in 1864 and his one-fifth portion of the original Peter Pitcher farm was sold to P.H. Coon. Abraham Pitcher died in 1874 without a will. Six months later a fire destroyed his house. Abraham’s wife, Eliza Sanderson Pitcher, and their children sold his piece of the original Peter Pitcher land on the north side of Pitcher Lane in addition to the land he had purchased on the south side to Francis and Margaret Elting. On the north side of Pitcher Lane, to the west of Andrew Pitcher’s house, the Eltings built a large, ornate Victorian house with a cupola. In 1881, Andrew Pitcher sold all of his land to the Elting’s son, Henry Snyder Elting. One year later, Andrew Pitcher’s daughter, Sarah Jansen Pitcher, married Henry Elting. Andrew Pitcher lived in the old house until his death in 1885. When Margaret Elting died in 1905, she willed all of the land that had belonged to her and her late husband to her son. Henry Elting farmed this land, growing primarily fruit and grains until his death in 1927. Henry Elting and Sarah J. Pitcher’s daughter Florence and son-in-law Ezra Cookingham continued farming until 1942 when they sold 37 1860 United States Census, s.v. Andrew K. Pitcher, Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, accessed through ancestry.com 18
the enterprise to Victory Farms Inc. based in New York City. Intact through several transfers, the property was sold in 1955 to Robert G. Greig, who in 1942 had purchased and was farming the land next door that had belonged to Philip Pitcher. For a short time, the south half of Peter Pitcher’s original farm was reassembled. The Past 73 Years The William Pitcher farm was sold again several times between 1955 and 2000. Six generations of Pitchers and their descendants lived within the original 550 acres purchased 200 years before. Andrew was the last Pitcher to live in the old farmhouse. After his death it was insconsistently inhabited by seasonal or tenant farmers. In each census after 1880, the names in the house are different and they are all listed as farm laborers and renters. The house has been empty since 2000, but the land is under cultivation, providing feed crops and produce for local consumption and farmers’ markets as far south as Manhattan and into southwestern Connecticut. Other than the one-story circa 1900 addition, which may have been added as a second kitchen to make the house more comfortable for two families at a time, and the later insertion of a bathroom, no major alterations have been made to the house since before 1800. The Pitcher house is an excellent example of an early to mid-18th-century Dutch building with a Palatine overlay, which was common in this area. For the sake of study, neglect has been its salvation. 19
Page 1 and 2: WILLIAM PITCHER FARMSTEAD Historic
Page 3 and 4: INTRODUCTION ______________________
Page 5 and 6: HISTORY THE SCHUYLER PATENT AND THE
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Page 11 and 12: Book,” Joshua Kocherthal, who had
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Page 15 and 16: Pitcher: four free white males, one
Page 17 and 18: John W. Pitcher is always referred
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Page 23 and 24: side is a mid-20th-century concrete
Page 25 and 26: SOUTH ELEVATION South elevation 200
Page 27 and 28: • A 6’x8’ concrete slab, pour
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Page 31 and 32: WEST ELEVATION West elevation 2004
Page 33 and 34: IMMEDIATE EXTERIOR RECOMMENDATIONS
Page 35 and 36: some sleeping, accessible by a ladd
Page 37 and 38: THE CELLAR: Description and Conditi
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Page 41 and 42: photo B1-3- fallen beam due to wate
Page 43 and 44: IMMEDIATE CELLAR RECOMMENDATIONS
Page 45 and 46: ROOM 101, WEST ADDITION Description
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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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plaster, planking, paint and wallpa
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figure 3 105/1 stratigraphy 105/3 s
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FINISHES ANALYSIS Sample 101/1 Buil
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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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