The Breckwoldt-Ward House is a historic house located at 90 Van Buren Street in Dolgeville,

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Description and history

It was built in 1893, and is an asymmetrically massed, -story Queen Anne–style single family dwelling over a cut-stone foundation. Also on the property is a -story, gable-roofed

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...

/ garage. From 1903 to 1918 it was owned by George Ward, successful prosecutor in the Chester Gillette murder trial of 1906. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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on March 15, 2005. Currently, it is a private residence.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Queen Anne architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1893 Houses in Herkimer County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Herkimer County, New York {{HerkimerCountyNY-NRHP-stub